Episode 63

New London Needlework Reexamined: An Interview with Lynne Zacek Bassett

Lynne Zacek Bassett


Mermaid on Sarah Halsey’s quilted petticoat, 1758, Connecticut Historical Society, photo Lynne’s own 
Lion on Sarah Halsey’s quilted petticoat, 1758, Connecticut Historical Society, photo Lynne’s own 


Installation shot of bed rugs — in foreground is Mary Foot(e)’s bed rug, 1778, Winterthur. Other bed rugs in shot are from a private collection and American Folk Art Museum, photo Lynne’s own 


Installation shot of Mary Hinckley West’s bed rug, 1763, Addison Gallery of American Art, photo Lynne’s own

Installation shot of Montville appliqué bed cover, made by Esther S. Bradford, 1807, Henry Ford Museum, photo Lynne’s own 
Detail of Montville appliqué bed cover, made by Esther S. Bradford, 1807, Henry Ford Museum, photo Lynne’s own 

“Cornucopia and Dots Whitework Quilt,” c. 1800-20, American Folk Art Museum

“The First, Second and Last Scenes of Mortality,” Prudence Punderson Rossiter, 1780, Connecticut Historical Society

Part of a quilted petticoat, Mary Fish Silliman, 1750-70, Yale University Art Gallery


Hannah Taylor’s sampler made at Sarah Osborn’s school, 1774, American Museum in Bath 


Detail of Prudence Geer Punderson’s valances, c. 1770, Connecticut Historical Society, photo Lynne’s own