Square, Quilt
- Object Name:
- Square, Quilt
- Object ID:
- 1981.017.30
- Creator:
- Story, E. H.
- Date:
- 1848
- Description:
- Quilt square. Nine separate pieces hand stitched together, arranged in Winding Blades or Windmill Block pattern. Center ecru colored linen fabric square diamond angled, signed "Let not mercy and truth / forsake thee. / E. H. Story / Dec 20.th 1848." at center. Four arrowhead shaped pieces roller printed cotton with a brown ground and white and violet flowers attached edges of diamond center, forming an X pattern.. Seamed 0.13" with running stitches at 9 stitches/inch. Bias cut printed cotton triangle wedges with a white ground and a pattern of blue and red flowering vines are stitched to the corner of each brown piece. Seams pressed flat. Line of pin hole punctures from machine stitching on top and bottom edges. One of a set of 46 for a friendship quilt.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Linen - Dimensions:
- H-9.7 W-9.4 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:
- Story, E.H., Williams, Abby S. (1903-1994)
- Subjects:
- Textiles, Quilts, Textile printing, Cotton, Friendship, Women, Linen, Textiles cylinder printed
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