Square, Quilt
- Object Name:
- Square, Quilt
- Object ID:
- 1981.017.34
- Creator:
- Tuck, Caroline F.
- Place of Origin:
- Hopkinton, NH
- 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, autographed "Let us not be, / weary in well doing. / Caroline F. Tuck, / Hopkinton, / 1848." at center. Four arrowhead shaped pieces of roller printed cotton with a brown ground and red and white leaves attached to the edges of the linen center, forming an X pattern. Seamed with 0.13" running stitches at 12 stitches/inch. Bias cut printed cotton triangle wedges red and white check are stitched to the corner of each brown piece. Plain seams pressed together away from the center square. One of a set of 46 for a friendship quilt.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Linen - Dimensions:
- H-9.6 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
- Subjects:
- Textiles, Quilts, Textile printing, Cotton, Friendship, Women, Linen, Textiles cylinder printed
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