Putnam-Westchester Friendship Quilt

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

SS.63.159 - Overview

SS.63.159 - Overview

Name/Title

Putnam-Westchester Friendship Quilt

Entry/Object ID

SS.63.159

Description

Friendship patchwork quilt with names of the makers on the patches (many Westchester and Putnam County names): multi-colored circles with white adjoining diamond patches surround names; diagonal diamond quilting of white cotton background; the names on the quilt are: (Starting in upper left corner) "May Gilbert, New Castle, Westchester; Eliza Boyer, Nelsonville, Putnam County, N. Y.; Ferris, Nelsonville, Putnam County, N. Y.; Susan Brown, Pleasantville, Westchester County; 16th 1845 Sarah Sebring N. York; Mary Agnes DeWinne, New Castle, Westchester County" Row 2: "Charlotte Silik, King George, Westchester County; Jemima Jane Lavelofs, Nelsonville, Putnam County; Mima Smith Long-Westchester County; Bedford Westchester County, SFS; Mary Elizabeth Bank, Cold Spring, Putnam County, N. Y.; Mary W. Seamen, Bedford, 1846." 3rd Row: "Anne Nelson, Cold Spring, Putnam County, N. Y.; Miss Hannah - Cold Spring, Putnam County, N. Y.; Isaac Ferris, Nelsonville, Putnam County, N. Y.; -Ziegler; Elizabeth-Nelsonville, Putnam County, N. Y.; Armilla N. Page, Cold Spring, 1846; Eloisa B. Seaman, Bedford 1846; Emily Baxter, Cold Spring, Putnam County, N. Y." 4th row: "___Raymond, New Castle 'in the lord...' (poem continues, but is not clear); Jane Ferris, Nelsonville, Putnam County, N. Y.; Maria _____ New Castle, Westchester County; Maria Riggs, Nelsonville, Putnam County, N. Y.; Susan Meekill, Cold Spring, P. C. N. Y.; Joanna Augusta de Winne, New Castle, Westchester County, Oct. 5, 1846." 5th row: "Elizabeth Hall, New Castle, Westchester County; John W. Tuthill, Nelsonville, Putnam County, New York; Judith Sebring 'This little token of my love/I freely give to thee/and when from here/will thou remember me'. Catherine Jane Tuthill, Nelsonville, Putnam County, New York; Cold Spring, Putnam County, N.Y. 1845; Olivia Mead, New Castle, Westchester County, N. Y.; Sarah Ann Horton, New Castle, Westchester County" 6th row: "Susan S. Lane, Cold Spring 1845; Phebe Jane Ferris, Nelsonville, Putnam County; Ruth Emily Tuthill, Nelsonville, Putnam County, N. Y.; Emelia Seking, N. Y." 7th row: "Louisa Baxter, Nelsonville, Putnam County, N. Y.; Rachel Nichols, Cold Spring, Putnam County; Jane Baxter, Cold Spring, Putnam County, N. Y.; Miss Marisa Wing, Cold Spring, Putnam County; Harriet Townshend, Putnam County, N. Y." 8th row: "Matild H. Knapp, New Castle, 1846, Miss Cynthia Nelson, Cold Spring, Putnam County; M. Margaret Baxter, Cold Spring, Putnam County, N. Y.; George Tuthill, Nelsonville, Putnam County, N. Y.; _____ Cold Spring, Putnam County; Carolina Davenport, Cold Spring, Putnam County, N. Y." 9th row: "Jane Eliza Harrison, King George, Westchester County; Catherine Elizabeth Ray, New Castle, Westchester County, N. Y.; _____ Gore, Nelsonville, Putnam County, N. Y.; Emma de Winne, New Castle, Westchester County, N. Y.; Betsy, J. Wood, Nelsonville, Putnam County, N. Y.; Anna Richards, Westchester County."

Collection

Sunnyside Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

circa 1840

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

4218

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

82 in

Length

96 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 82 x 96 in. (208.3 x 243.8 cm)

Material

Cotton

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Many Westchester and Putnam County family names.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 09D