Square, Quilt
- Object Name:
- Square, Quilt
- Object ID:
- 1981.017.05
- Creator:
- Blaisdell, A. P.
- Date:
- 1847
- Description:
- Quilt square. Nine pieces hand stitched, arranged in Winding Blades or Windmill Block pattern. Center ecru toned cotton linen blend fabric square angled as a diamond with "In all thy ways acknowledge / God, and he shall direct / thy paths. / A.P. Blaisdale / Sept. 14th 1847." written in ink on the center. Cotton print of a red ground with red, yellow, blue and black stripes stitched to each edge of diamond center, forming an X pattern. Finished with 0.25" running stitched hem at 10 stitches/inch. Triangle wedges of brown printed cotton with a white ground stitched to corner of each red piece. Seams pressed flat. Minor unraveling of threads from exposed hems on back of square. Pin hole sized punctures from previous machine stitching visible along top and bottom edges. One of a set of 46 for a friendship quilt.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Linen - Dimensions:
- H-9.6 W-9.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Apparently made for a girl named "Hannah". Mrs. Williams (maiden name, Abby Starr) from whom the squares were purchased is a descendant of Hannah Starr of Boston who married John Cutts of Portsmouth in 1662.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Textiles, Quilts, Textile printing, Cotton, Friendship, Women, Linen, Textiles cylinder printed
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