Quilt
- Object Name:
- Quilt
- Object ID:
- 2002.022
- Creator:
- Russell, Nancy Tinker (1837-1931)
Quilter - Place of Origin:
- Goffstown, NH
- Date:
- 1890-1910
- Description:
- Quilt. Postage stamp pattern. Cotton prints, plaids, checks, solids, and cotton flannels. Top piece consists of 7,544 three-quarter-inch squares set in straight rows. Hand quilted in parallel lines three inches apart with red cotton thread, running along length of quilt. Backing a double pink cotton print with light pink background, darker pink and white flowers. The edge is finished with a straight grain binding of the same double pink calico. Unused and unwashed. White cotton muslin sleeve sewn onto backing across one end, for hanging.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-69.5 L-77.25 inches
- Provenance:
- The quilt maker, Nancy Tinker Russell (1837-1931), was the great-grandmother of the donor. The quilt was given to Russell's daughter, Eveline Russell Campbell, then to Campbell's son, Harold J. Campbell, then to his daughter, June Campbell Hoyt, the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of June Campbell Hoyt
- Subjects:
- Needlework, Quilting, Sewing, Quilts
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