Square, Quilt
- Object Name:
- Square, Quilt
- Object ID:
- 1981.017.33
- Creator:
- Tyler, Isabel I.
- 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 "Trust ye in the Lord for ever / for in the Lord Jehova is everlasting / Isabel I. Tyler / April 22 1848". at center. Four arrowhead shaped pieces of roller printed cotton with a speckled brown ground and green vines each with one brown and one red flower on a sprig attached to edges of diamond center, forming an X pattern. Seamed 0.13" with running stitches at 10 stitches/inch. Bias cut printed cotton triangle wedges pink and white check are stitched to the corner of each brown piece. Seams pressed together away toward linen center. Triangle and arrow seams pressed alternating brown or pink side facing up. One of a set of 46 for a friendship quilt.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Linen - Dimensions:
- H-10.1 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 1662.2.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Textiles, Quilts, Textile printing, Cotton, Friendship, Women, Linen, Textiles cylinder printed
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