QUILT INDEX RECORD
29-24-854
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:
3760
When was the form filled out?
6/15/88 Lincoln--County Extension Office
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
House; Old House; Schoolhouse
Brackman # or other source & #:
0863
How long is the quilt?
87 inches
Time period:
1901-1929
When was the quilt started?
1902
When was the quilt finished?
1902
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1902
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:
8.0 stitches per inch
Quilt top made by:
Dean, Esther Hoornbeek
Where the quilt was made, county:
Saunders
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 also quilted it.; Quilt pieced by one person
Where did the maker get their materials?
Purchased new
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1852
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1913
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
Norwegian; English; French; Dutch
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Congregational
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Housewife
Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:
5-20 quilts
Copyright holder:
Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use
Cite this Quilt
Dean, Esther Hoornbee. House; Old House; Schoolhouse. 1902. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-854. Accessed: 03/28/24