Cushion
- Object Name:
- Cushion
- Object ID:
- 1977.061.02
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Date:
- 1880-1929
- Description:
- Chair cushion. Machine-quilted diamond pattern with white silk thread. Cotton plain weave red and white, copperplate printed toile, 1780-1810. Design features two men dressed in clothing from last quarter of 18th century riding on horseback in front of a tree. Edges finished and eight corner ties made with bias-cut red cotton piping with a two-ply S-twist white rope core. Cut-out corners with ties stitched to edges; three intact with knots, four fragments. Layer of white cotton batting or flocking sandwiched between toile and a white cotton flannel backing fabric.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Silk - Dimensions:
- W-15.5 L-14 inches
- Provenance:
- Museum purchase, included in leather-covered document box labeled "Dr. McFarland" (1977.061.01).
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- McFarland, Asa (1769-1827)
- Subjects:
- Toile, Cushions, Horses, Horseback riding, Trees, Quilting, Household goods
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