Top, Quilt
- Object Name:
- Top, Quilt
- Object ID:
- 2002.635.04
- Date:
- 1870-1890
- Description:
- Quilt Top; "Diamond in a Square" or "Broken Sash" pattern; patchwork; variety of colors & fabrics (cotton, wool).6.5 blocks alternate with plain blocks. Cut out corners in bed posts. Hand sewn. Pieced quilt top, Diamond in a Square pattern, constructed of wool challis in various dress prints from a range of decades: the 1840s to the 1880s. Some woven plaids, also. Green, brown, and purple colors predomant. The piecing is all stitched by hand with three-ply white cotton thread. Unfinished; raw edges.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Wool - Dimensions:
- W-81 L-81 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Needlework, Quilting, Sewing
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