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Collection |
Education |
Object Name |
Quilt |
Title |
Union Square |
Other Name |
Brackman 2447 variation |
Date |
1850/ / |
Description |
Double pink and green cotton pink prints on solid white. 10" blocks set on point in 7 columns of 7 blocks with 4" sashing and triangles to complete the set to square. Outer 3 1/2 " white border. The block has a pink square in square center on point. Alternating Pink and green diamonds pieced with a white background complete the block. Binding is 1/4" pink applied straight cut binding hand sewn front and back. Quilting designs in grid, parallel lines, cross hatch in a moderate to heavy amount. Quilting is good overall, even stitch, some fabric puckers. Backing is white muslin with a thin cotton batting. There is moderate staning. Construction is excellent overall, sharp points, hangs straight. |
Provenance |
The Hegy family quilt collection was owned by Arnold Savage, a renowned, award winning quilter who predominantly uses vintage fabrics in his works from the family fabric stash. Gertrude Hegner Fisher is the great great grandmother of Mr. Savage. Mr. Savage's card description : "The double pinks and green diamonds with tiny dark diamond overprinting have faded badly. Very thin batting has migrated through in most places. White background fabrics show discolored age spots which do not wash out. The same double pink is used in the binding and shows wear on the edges. Double quilting lines go across the blocks, crosshatching over the sashing strips and along the outside border, In the late 1850's there was great turmoil over secession and many people urged "Keep the Union Square" and not go to war. Women were denied the right vote, but they sure could voice their options through their quilts and vex their menfolk! NOTE: This entire quilt is pieced on the diagonal!" |
Artist |
Fisher, Gertrude Hegner |
Dimensions |
W-79 L-80 inches |
People |
Savage, Arnold |
Source |
Arnold Savage |
Object ID |
2016.004.043 |