Log Cabin Throw, Light-and-Dark Variation1875–188057 3/4 × 57 3/4"Silk and cottonGift of Miss Jessica R. Eagleson1979.18.10log cabin quilt1534491849Harriet Rutter EaglesonTextilesThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.New YorkNew YorkUnited StatesNew YorkTextileseMuseum - Collection HighlightsNew Yorklog cabinHand-sewn foundation pieced in block format. Blocks machine-pieced.piecedAccording to information supplied by her daughter, Jessica R. Eagleson, Harriet Rutter began this Log Cabin throw in 1874, the year she married William A. Eagleson. Although the textile was never finished, both Harriet and her daughter saved it until it was donated to the museum in 1979, when Jessica was 99 years old. Harriet Eagleson’s last listing in the New York City directories was in 1924/25; no death record has been located.TEXTILEThis throw in the Log Cabin pattern was begun by Harriet Rutter in 1875, the year she married William Eagleson, but was never finished. It is a fascinating surface study in unpredictability within symmetry. The large dark squares-on-point dominate the visual field, but concentric squares emerge and interrupt the surface through masterful manipulations of bright and somber fabrics in each block. A native New Yorker, Eagleson was numbered among the students at the first New York City high, or normal, school for females. Known as the Twelfth Street girls, many of the students went on to form the first classes at Hunter College, founded in 1870. In 1949, 94-year-old Harriet Rutter Eagleson was celebrated as the oldest living graduate of Hunter College class of 1871. To this day a scholarship endowed in her name supports the academic work of Hunter College students.
Stacy C. Hollander, "Log Cabin Throw, Light-and-Dark Variation," exhibition label for alt_quilts: Sabrina Gschwandtner, Luke Haynes, Stephen Sollins. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2013.18751880 1979 18 1 log cabinHand-sewn foundation pieced in block format. Blocks machine-pieced.piecedAccording to information supplied by her daughter, Jessica R. Eagleson, Harriet Rutter began this Log Cabin throw in 1874, the year she married William A. Eagleson. Although the textile was never finished, both Harriet and her daughter saved it until it was donated to the museum in 1979, when Jessica was 99 years old. Harriet Eagleson’s last listing in the New York City directories was in 1924/25; no death record has been located.TEXTILEThis throw in the Log Cabin pattern was begun by Harriet Rutter in 1875, the year she married William Eagleson, but was never finished. It is a fascinating surface study in unpredictability within symmetry. The large dark squares-on-point dominate the visual field, but concentric squares emerge and interrupt the surface through masterful manipulations of bright and somber fabrics in each block. A native New Yorker, Eagleson was numbered among the students at the first New York City high, or normal, school for females. Known as the Twelfth Street girls, many of the students went on to form the first classes at Hunter College, founded in 1870. In 1949, 94-year-old Harriet Rutter Eagleson was celebrated as the oldest living graduate of Hunter College class of 1871. To this day a scholarship endowed in her name supports the academic work of Hunter College students.
Stacy C. Hollander, "Log Cabin Throw, Light-and-Dark Variation," exhibition label for alt_quilts: Sabrina Gschwandtner, Luke Haynes, Stephen Sollins. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2013.