QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-913

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:

3818

When was the form filled out?

6/15/88 Lincoln--County Extension Office

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Thousand Pyramids; Triangles

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 0111

How long is the quilt?

87 inches

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt started?

1905

When was the quilt finished?

1905

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

1930s

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:

5.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Schroeder, Aline Ellinghausen

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 pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Other

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1932

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

German

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Copyright holder:

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