Square, Quilt
- Object Name:
- Square, Quilt
- Object ID:
- 1981.017.16
- Creator:
- Edmunds, Hannah
- Date:
- 1847-1852
- Description:
- Quilt square. Nine separate pieces hand stitched together, arranged in Winding Blades or Windmill Block pattern. Center ecru toned linen chintz fabric square angled as a diamond, autographed "Hannah Edmunds / Aged 66 Years" at center. Cotton fabric of a black ground with a roller and block printed green, burgundy and tan floral pattern stitched to each edge of diamond center, forming an X pattern. Seamed 0.13" pressed flat and whipstitched at 30 stitches/inch. Triangle wedges of cotton fabric with roller printed violet ombr� stripes stitched to corner the of each black piece. One of a set of 46 for a friendship quilt.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Linen - Dimensions:
- H-9.5 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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