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Square, Quilt

Object Name:
Square, Quilt
Object ID:
1981.017.26
Creator:
Page, Ann Judson
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 angled as a diamond, autographed "Ann Judson Page. / Memento Absentian" at diamond center. Cotton roller and block printed pattern of green or brown strip intersecting through and alternating blue/brown and two tone green waves with branches, stitched to each edge of diamond center, forming an X pattern. Seams 0.13" pressed flat then whipstitched. Triangle wedges of cotton two tone pink leafy vine printed pattern stitched to the corner of each blue/green piece. Lines of pin punctures from machine stitching found on top and bottom edges. One of a set of 46 for a friendship quilt.
Material:
Textile
Cotton
Linen
Dimensions:
H-9.8 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
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