Quilt

Object Name:

Quilt

Object ID:

1990.027

Creator:

Abbot, Phebe (1764-1854)Quilter

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

circa 1800

Description:

Quilt, Linsey-Woolsey. Whole-cloth wool. Top of plain-woven, solid-brown wool and a back of undyed, white cotton (warp)/wool (weft). Quilted with brown worsted thread at 7 stitches to the inch with a pattern in the center of diamond blocks alternating with blocks of parallel lines. Three-sided border is quilted in a design of echoed scallops or swags. Knife edge. Face fabric is an even 32/32 epi; 31 5/8-inch selvedge width. Paper tag sewn into corner, handwritten in ink, "Hand dyed & woven quilt owned by Nathan & Phebe Abbott. Wool raised on farm where Miss Arzelia Abbott now lives. They were the parents of Col. William Abbott who built the first church. Property of Eva Abbott Farnum".

Material:

Textile
Wool
Cotton

Dimensions:

W-95 L-99.5 inches

Provenance:

Quilt was made by Phebe Abbot (1764-1854). Nathan and Phebe Abbot's great-great-grand- daughter, Eva J. Farnum (1887-1953), gave quilt to the donor, Isabelle E. Barker (1908-1995).

Credit Line:

Gift of Isabelle E. Barker

People:

Abbot, Phebe (1764-1854), Abbot, Nathan (1765-1849), Farnum, Eva J. (1887-1953), Barker, Isabelle E. (1908-1995)

Subjects:

Needlework, Quilting, Sewing, Quilts