Quilt
- Object Name:
- Quilt
- Object ID:
- 2024.037.01
- Creator:
- Rolfe, Harriet (1824-1909) -- Quilter
- Place of Origin:
- Colebrook, NH
- Date:
- 1885-1899
- Description:
- Quilt. Crazy quilt made by Harriet Osborn Rolfe (1824-1909) in Colebrook, New Hampshire, late 19th century. The quilt is pieced together with irregular shapes within 42 equally sized squares. Some of the pieces are embroidered with flowers.
- Material:
- Textile
- Dimensions:
- W-68.5 L-79.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Quilt descended in the family of Harriet Osborn Rolfe (1824-1909). Harriet Osborn and William Rolfe married on August 10, 1854 at St. Paul's Church in Cambridge, England and departed for New York on October 16, 1854 aboard the clipper ship Ocean Queen. The couple subsequently moved north to Colebrook, NH, where they would spend the rest of their lives.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of The Banister Family
- People:
- Rolfe, Harriet (1824-1909)
- Subjects:
- Quilting
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