Square, Quilt

Object Name:

Square, Quilt

Object ID:

1981.017.25

Creator:

Lerned, Hannah B.

Place of Origin:

Hopkinton, NH

Date:

1847-1852

Description:

Quilt square. Eleven separate pieces hand stitched together, arranged in Winding Blades or Windmill Block pattern. Center ecru colored cotton square diamond angled, signed "Hannah B. Lerned / Hopkinton. / Blessing attond. thee. H." diagonally on a right angle. Pieces of printed cotton fabric with a dark blue and brown stripe pattern stitched to each edge of diamond center, forming an X pattern. Two triangle pieces, one on the upper right measuring 2.5" x 1.5", another measuring 3" x 2.25" on the lower left, both seamed with whip stitches. Bias cut triangle wedges of cotton fabric on a tan striped ground with block and roller printed brown circles and light blue triangles stitched to the corner of each blue piece. All seams 0.13" with running stitches at 12 stitches/inch, pressed with together with linen side facing up at center, equal sides of four each of brown and blue facing up. One of a set of 46 for a friendship quilt.

Material:

Textile
Cotton

Dimensions:

H-9.5 W-9.7 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

People:

Lerned, Hannah, Williams, Abby S. (1903-1994)

Subjects:

Textiles, Quilts, Textile printing, Cotton, Friendship, Women, Textiles cylinder printed