Square, Quilt

Object Name:

Square, Quilt

Object ID:

1981.017.14

Creator:

Colby, Charlotte M.

Place of Origin:

Contoocookville, NH

Date:

1847-1852

Description:

Quilt square. Nine separate pieces hand stitched together, arranged in Winding Blades or Windmill Block pattern. Center shear ecru toned cotton fabric square angled as a diamond, autographed "Charlotte M. Colby / Contoocookville / N H". at center. Cotton print fabric with a red ground pattern of resist and roller printed white sprigs with black and red stripes stitched to each edge of diamond center, forming an X pattern. Seamed 0.13" with running stitches 9 stitches/inch. Triangular wedges of roller printed cotton on a white ground with violet coral branches stitched to the corner of each red piece. Seams pressed together, with pressed two toward and two away from center square. Outer seams pressed with four red and four purple fabric facing up. Pin hole sized punctures from previous machine stitching visible along top and bottom edge. Pencil lines on edges of all four sides. One of a set of 46 for a friendship quilt.

Material:

Textile
Cotton
Linen

Dimensions:

H-9.6 W-9.7 inches

Provenance:

Apparently made for a girl named "Hannah". Mrs. Williams (maiden name, Abby Starr) from whom the squares were purchased is a descendant of Hannah Starr of Boston who married John Cutts of Portsmouth in 1662.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical society Purchase

People:

Colby, Charlotte, Williams, Abby S. (1903-1994)

Subjects:

Textiles, Quilts, Textile printing, Cotton, Friendship, Women, Linen, Textiles cylinder printed