Square, Quilt
- Object Name:
- Square, Quilt
- Object ID:
- 1981.017.15
- Creator:
- Davis, Hannah C.
- Place of Origin:
- Dunbarton, NH
- Date:
- 1847-1852
- Description:
- Quilt square. Nine separate pieces hand stitched together, arranged in Winding Blades or Windmill Block pattern. Center ecru toned linen/cotton blend fabric square angled as a diamond, autographed "Hannah C. Davis / Dunbarton / N.H." at diamond center. Brown cotton ground roller and block printed floral green, purple,red pink and black stripe pattern stitched to each edge of diamond center, forming an X pattern. Triangle wedges of a cotton double pink printed fabric with a floral and flame stripe pattern stitched to corner of each brown piece. Flat pressed 0.13" seams stitched with whipstitches at 30 stitches/inch. One of a set of 46 for a friendship quilt.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Linen - Dimensions:
- H-9.7 W-9.6 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
- Subjects:
- Textiles, Quilts, Textile printing, Cotton, Friendship, Women, Linen, Textiles cylinder printed
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