Quilt
- Object Name:
- Quilt
- Object ID:
- 1984.052.07
- Place of Origin:
- New Hampshire
- Date:
- circa 1860
- Description:
- Quilt. Four Patch pattern; pieced 3 5/8" square blocks in browns, blues, and reds arranged on point without sashing, in diagonal pattern. Cut-out corners. Red calico backs and bindings, typical mid-19th century dress prints, including double pinks favored for children's clothes. The backing fabric is a madder star print; the quilt edges are finished back to front. Quilting is echoed V's in alternating squares, done in white cotton thread at five to six stitches per inch.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-79.2 L-76.75 inches
- Provenance:
- From donor's home in Pembroke, NH
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Edward W. Colby
- People:
- Colby, Edward W. (1914-1999)
- Subjects:
- Needlework, Quilting, Sewing, Quilts
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