Square, Quilt

Object Name:

Square, Quilt

Object ID:

1981.017.32

Place of Origin:

Hopkinton, NH

Date:

1850

Description:

Quilt square. Nine separate pieces hand stitched together, arranged in Winding Blades or Windmill Block pattern. Center ecru colored linen fabric square diamond angled, autographed "Sophronia G. Story. / Hopkinton / N.H. March 30th 1850" at center. Four arrowhead shaped pieces of roller printed cotton with a brown ground and a pattern dark brown dots, light brown leaves outlined on one side in red, attached to the edges of the linen center, forming an X pattern. Seamed 0.13" with running stitches at 8 stitches/inch. Bias cut printed cotton triangle wedges of two tone pink vines are stitched to the corner of each brown piece. Seams pressed together with three linen and one brown facing up at center. Four brown and four pink sides facing up on arrow and triangle seams. Line of pin hole punctures from machine stitching on bottom edge. One of a set of 46 for a friendship quilt.

Material:

Textile
Cotton
Linen

Dimensions:

H-9.6 W-9.5 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:

Story, Sophronia G., Williams, Abby S. (1903-1994)

Subjects:

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