Square, Quilt

Object Name:

Square, Quilt

Object ID:

1981.017.31

Creator:

Spoffard, Sarah Jane

Place of Origin:

Hopkinton, NH

Date:

1850

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 "For Hannah (underlined) / And where my prayers are pure strong / As they in my best hour can (underlined) be / Amid my loved and cherished throng / I'll count and pray for thee (underlined) / Sarah Jane Spoffard / Hopkinton / N H / March 6th / 1850 (underlined)" at center. Four arrowhead shaped pieces of roller printed cotton with a dark green ground and angled willows of white, peach and brown attached edges of diamond center, forming an X pattern. Seamed 0.13" with running stitches at 10 stitches/inch. Bias cut printed cotton triangle wedges red and white check are stitched to the corner of each brown piece. Seams pressed together away from center. 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-9.5 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:

Spoffard, Sarah Jane, Williams, Abby S. (1903-1994)

Subjects:

Textiles, Quilts, Textile printing, Cotton, Friendship, Women, Linen, Textiles cylinder printed