Square, Quilt
- Object Name:
- Square, Quilt
- Object ID:
- 1981.017.40
- Creator:
- Woodbury, Caroline E.
- Place of Origin:
- South Weare, NH
- Date:
- 1847-1852
- Description:
- Quilt square. Nine separate pieces hand stitched together, arranged in Winding Blades or Windmill Block pattern. Center ecru toned linen fabric square angled as a diamond, autographed "Caroline E. Woodbury / South Weare. / NH." at center. Cotton floral and striped green pattern fabric on a black ground with resist dyed yellow dots, stitched to each edge of diamond center, forming an X pattern. Seams 0.13" finished with running stitches at 12 stitches/inch. Triangle wedges of a roller printed cotton with a pink ground and red stripes, stitched to the corner of each green piece. Seams pressed together with two linen and two green sides facing up at center. Pink sides facing up on arrow and triangle seams. One of a set of 46 for a friendship quilt.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Linen - Dimensions:
- H-9.55 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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