Square, Quilt
- Object Name:
- Square, Quilt
- Object ID:
- 1981.017.21
- Creator:
- Hoyt, I. P.
- Date:
- 1847-1852
- Description:
- Quilt square. Nine separate pieces hand stitched together, arranged in Winding Blades or Windmill Block pattern. Center ecru colored linen chintz fabric square diamond angled and signed "The path of truth, / Is plain and safe. / I. P. Hoyt." at center. Pieces of printed cotton fabric with brown ground and pattern of a two tone green and white dot are stitched to each edge of diamond center, forming an X pattern. Seamed 0.25" with running stitches at 8 stitches/inch. Bias cut triangle wedges of cotton fabric on a white ground with a brown and violet printed pattern of a floral square with a French cross at center stitched to the corner of each brown piece. Seams pressed together with brown sided facing up. 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
- People:
- Hoyt, I.P., Williams, Abby S. (1903-1994)
- Subjects:
- Textiles, Quilts, Textile printing, Cotton, Friendship, Women, Linen, Textiles cylinder printed
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