Square, Quilt
- Object Name:
- Square, Quilt
- Object ID:
- 1981.017.41
- Creator:
- Webber, Ann T.
- Place of Origin:
- Hopkinton, NH
- Date:
- 1847-1852
- Description:
- Quilt square. Nine separate pieces hand stitched together, arranged in Winding Blades or Windmill Block pattern. Center ecru colored linen chintz square angled as a diamond, autographed "Ann T. Webber / Hopkinton / NH" at center. Arrow shaped pieces of roller printed cotton of a splotchy green and black pattern with resist dyed yellow dots, stitched to each edge of diamond center, forming an X pattern. Seams pressed at 0.13" finished with whipstitches. Triangle wedges of a roller printed cotton with a two tone pink floral pattern on a pink chine ground, stitched to the corner of each green piece. Line of pinhole punctures from machine stitching on bottom and top 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
- Subjects:
- Textiles, Quilts, Textile printing, Cotton, Friendship, Women, Linen, Textiles cylinder printed
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