Quilt
- Object Name:
- Quilt
- Object ID:
- 1975.067.32
- Place of Origin:
- Wilton, NH
- Date:
- 1870-1890
- Description:
- Quilt. Pieced in a Diamond in a Square block pattern, straight set, and sashed with a bold red calico printed with black and white paisley motifs. Pieced blocks incorporate various dress calicoes of the 1870s and 1880s, with dark prints set in white and lighter-colored printed squares. The binding is the red sashing material stitched on the straight grain. Backing fabric is a white calico printed with a small black sprig. The quilting is simple X's through the blocks and straight lines through the sashing, done in white (gray?) cotton thread at 7 stitches to the inch.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-48 L-55 inches
- Provenance:
- A collection of objects from the Wilton, N.H. home of the donor's mother, Bertha Gage (Stone) Batchelder (1889-1977). The objects in the gift came from the home of Josephine H. Gage (1850-1919), the sister of the donor's grandmother's Eliza Jane (Gage) Stone (1859-1938).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Maynard S. Batchelder
- People:
- Gage, Josephine H. (1850-1919), Batchelder, Bertha S. (1889-1977), Batchelder, Maynard S. (1914-2007)
- Subjects:
- Needlework, Quilting, Sewing, Quilts
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