Quilt, Pieced Le Moyne Star

Dateca. 1875

Maker Jane Pelton Burdon (Mrs. Theophilus R. Hyde) (b. 1858) (b. 1858)

OriginAmerica, Connecticut, Waterbury or New York

MediumPlain and printed cottons

DimensionsOH: 97 1/2" X OW: 87" (248 x 221 cm)

Credit LineGift of Beatrix T. Rumford

Object number2006.609.6

DescriptionThis is a rectangular quilt pieced from white and printed cottons in a pattern of 440 repeating 8-pointed stars measuring 4 ½" in diameter each. It is backed with white cotton, with thin batting, probably cotton. The edging consists of folded cotton pattern-woven tape. The bedcover is quilted in approximately nine stitches per inch in random squares, diamonds, and parallel lines.

Label TextFour hundred and forty eight-pointed stars consisting each of eight diamonds were used in the construction of this charming pieced quilt. The swatches represent a large array of colorful printed cottons. The bedcover is quilted in approximately nine stitches per inch in random squares, diamonds, and parallel lines. Made by Jane Pelton Burdon, the quilt descended through the family to her great grandniece who donated it to the museum.

ProvenanceMade by Jane Pelton Burdon (b. 1858), the quilt descended to her daughter Hazel Rogers Hyde (1881-1954). Hazel Rogers Hyde married Lewis Rumford; they had no children. The quilt then descended to Jane's nephew (son of Lewis Rumford's brother) Lewis Rumford, II (1905-1997) and his wife, Mary Rose Clymer (1912-1998), and finally to their daughter Beatrix T. Rumford, great grandniece of the quilt maker, who donated the quilt to the museum.
History of quilt maker:
Jane Pelton Burdon, known as Jennie, was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1858 to William and Jane Burdon. The 1860 US Census lists William as a Scottish machinist. On March 11, 1880, Jane married Theophilus Hyde (1856-1910) of Waterbury, Connecticut. Theophilus held a position in the office of the Scoville Manufacturing Company in Waterbury. In 1893 they built a home on Pine Street, which still stands today. They had five children: Hazel Roger Hyde (1881-1954); Burton Pelton Hyde (b. 1886); Elsie Scovil Hyde (1889-1976); Theophilus Rogers Hyde (1890-1962); and Carroll C. Hyde (b. 1894).