Quilt
- Object Name:
- Quilt
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.057
- Creator:
- Stone, Mary E. (1791-1875)
- Place of Origin:
- Dunbarton, NH
- Date:
- circa 1860
- Description:
- Quilt, pieced. Quilt made of 2.5" squares of printed cotton fabric, predominantly brown, blue, and pink. In center of each square is a wool tuft, tied through back. Backing is pink printed cotton fabric. With note: "Pieced by Grandmother / Stone - her last work - / previous to 1875 / She died in Jan. '75".
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Wool - Dimensions:
- W-78 L-87 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.
The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley
- People:
- Stone, Mary E. (1791-1875)
- Subjects:
- Textiles printed, Quilts, Quilting
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