This quilt is one of a well-documented number of Delaware Valley Quaker–made signature quilts dating from 1840 to 1860. The two main groups represented are the Saverys and the Cressons, all members of a large extended family. E.H. Savery, whose signature can be found on the star in the center of the quilt, was Elizabeth Hooten (Cresson) Savery, wife of William Savery, grandson of the well-known eighteenth-century Philadelphia cabinetmaker.

Stacy C. Hollander, "Friendship Star Quilt," exhibition label for QUILTS: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2010.