Pattern, Quilt
- Title:
- Broken Dishes
- Object Name:
- Pattern, Quilt
- Object ID:
- 1968.059.035 b
- Creator:
- Webster, Ellen E. (1867-1950)
- Date:
- 1920-1940
- Description:
- Quilt pattern, "Broken Dishes." Machine-printed figured brown cotton fabric. Pieced block (set on point) is 13.5" and consists of one 4.7" square in middle with two 2.4" squares set diagonally from each corner. Sides of the inner smaller square flanked by 1/2-square triangles forming an anvil-shape. Fabric glued to pencil drawn pattern on discolored off-white poster board. Handwritten notes in pencil above pattern on left: "Quilt owned by Mrs. Henry P. Sevett, Plymouth, N.H. / Made by her grandmother in brown and white - Very old." Handwritten above pattern on right; "Called 'Broken Dishes.'" Second of two patterns (a,b), first obverse (see Object ID 1968.059.035 a).
- Material:
- Paper
Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- H-20.3 W-20.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Made by Mrs. Ellen E. Webster of Franklin, NH, the mother of donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Estate of Gladys H. Webster
- Subjects:
- Quilts, Quilting, Fabric design drawings, Fabrics
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