Quilt
- Object Name:
- Quilt
- Object ID:
- 1986.046
- Creator:
- Gooden, Eliza (1804-1854)
Quilter - Place of Origin:
- Milford, NH
- Date:
- 1826
- Description:
- Quilt. Made by Eliza Gooden (1804-1854), Milford, NH; 1826. Whole-cloth wool, with a face of red twill-woven glazed worsted (called "shalloon" in the period), and a back of plain-woven wool and cotton in a golden yellow color. The cut-out corner design features a center field of a diamond grid pattern filled with various stylized floral motifs. The side drops are quilted with verses: "God is our sun, daily light / Our joy and safety brings / Our feeble flesh lies safe at night / Beneath his shady wings," and "Thou spread'st the curtains of the night / Great guardian of my sleeping hours / Thy sovereign word restore the light / And quickens all my drousy (sic) powers." The bottom drop is quilted with the inscription: "Eliza Gooden / Milford Oct 1826." The batting is wool, and the quilting thread, worked at 8 to 9 stitches per inch, is a creamy yellow worsted. Knife edge finish.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen
Wool - Dimensions:
- W-95 L-92 inches
- Provenance:
- Elisa (or Eliza) Gooden (1804-1854) was the daughter of David and Huldah (Morse) Gooden, and sister of cabinetmaker Jeremiah Gooden. She married James Pearson of Milford in 1829 and resided in Lyndeborough, NH.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Gooden, Eliza (1804-1854)
- Subjects:
- Needlework, Quilting, Sewing, Quilts
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