QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-425

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Who documented this quilt?

Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild)

Nebraska Quilt Project Number:

2885

When was the form filled out?

3/30/88 Lincoln (Guild Members, etc.)

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Japanese Lantern

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 0957

How long is the quilt?

82 inches

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

1940

When was the quilt finished?

1950

Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:

1945

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by NQP committee member, corrected later if deemed appropriate by UNL graduate student researcher in consultation with Patricia Crews.

Further information concerning dates:

Date estimated.

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Rohe, Anna Ebele

Where the quilt was made, county:

Frontier

Where the quilt was made, state:

Nebraska (NE)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Quilt maker did not quilt it.; Quilt makers were hired; Quilt pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Personal enjoyment

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1895

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

German

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Copyright holder:

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