QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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:

3720

When was the form filled out?

6/15/88 Lincoln--County Extension Office

This is a:

Quilt top with unfinished edge

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Washington Sidewalk

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 2813

How long is the quilt?

85 inches

Time period:

1901-1929

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

1910

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.

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

10 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

unknown

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 part of community, extension, or senior citizens group.

Why was the quilt made?

Other

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

German

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Presbyterian

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Copyright holder:

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