Friendship Star Quilt184483 1/4 x 80 " (211.5 x 203.2 cm)Cotton and linen with inkGift of Marie D. and Charles A.T. O'Neill1979.26.10Applied binding of same border chintz. Consitent quilting stitches suggests one quilter, outline quilting with diamond in sashing and border. Chintz border pattern cut for sashing. 49 squares containing signatures, including families of Savery, Cresson, and Cope; dated after May 29, 1844, Alice H. Cresson and Walter Cresson were married; credit Mimi Serman. Very carefully pieced quilt.1534581859Elizabeth Hooton (Cresson) SaveryTextilesThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaTextiles
PhiladelphiaTEXTILEThis 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. Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information. To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org friendship quiltpieced18441844 1979 26 1 TEXTILEThis 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. Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information. To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org friendship quiltpieced