Square, Quilt
- Object Name:
- Square, Quilt
- Object ID:
- 1981.017.42
- Creator:
- Young, Louisa E.
- Place of Origin:
- Scituate, MA
- Date:
- 1852
- Description:
- Quilt square. Nine separate pieces hand stitched together, arranged in Winding Blades or Windmill Block pattern. Center ecru toned linen chintz fabric square angled as a diamond, signed "May Heaven by thy home. / Louisa E. Young / Scituate / Mass / June 30th. 1852." on center. Arrow shaped pieces of printed cotton fabric on a red ground with black and yellow flowers, stitched to each edge of diamond center, forming an X pattern. Seamed 0.13" with running stitches at 10 stitches/inch. Triangle wedges of a block and roller printed cotton with a two toned blue floral pattern on a dotted background stitched to corner the of each red piece. Center seams pressed with linen facing up. Triangle and arrow seams pressed with four red and four blue sides facing up. Line of pinhole punctures from machine stitching on top edge. One of a set of 46 for a friendship quilt.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen
Cotton - Dimensions:
- H-9.7 W-9.45 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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