Red Friendship Quilt

Maker Unknown, American

Collections

Jonathan and Karin Fielding Collection

ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS

Date1855

Mediumcotton

Dimensions87 1/4 × 69 1/2 in. (221.6 × 176.5 cm.)

DescriptionAlbum Patch or Friendship quilt; squares forming white crosses, each contains a name written in script, surrounded by squares in red with small various small prints, and bordered by white blocks.

InscribedThe following names are inscribed in the center of each white cross in ink: Mary Knickerbocker Samuel Knickerbocker Catherine C McKown John M McKowen Catharine Norris William T Norris Mary Norris John K Norris Zasina T. Norris Daniel Norris Julia K. Norris M. Esalina Norris Hannah M. Norris Stephen R. Norris William Doyle Margaret Doyle James Dearstyne Peter Dearstyne Sophia Dearstyne William Dearstyne Zasina Dearstyne Maurice H Curtis Phebe Curtis Jane Latson Matilda Latson Maria Latson Henry Latson Clara Edsall Sarah R Fellows Peter Fellows Hannah Kipp Henrietta Kipp John Kipp Jacob Myers Peter A. Norry Susie E. Clark Hannah Teal 1855 [underlined] Mr. & Mrs. E. A. Hawkins Philip H. Traver

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Jonathan and Karin Fielding

Status

Not on view

Object number2016.25.54