QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-882

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:

3788

When was the form filled out?

6/15/88 Lincoln--County Extension Office

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Double Wedding Ring

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 0303

How long is the quilt?

90 inches

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

1930

When was the quilt finished?

1932

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

1932

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:

9.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Cooper, Rebecca M. Fraser

Where the quilt was made, county:

Seward

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

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made for special person, Pastor

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1874

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1972

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Canadian; Scottish

Quiltmaker's educational background:

1 or more years post secondary education

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Where does/did the group meet?

Quilted with friends at home; Quilted with Church or Ladies Aid Society

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Copyright holder:

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