QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-1123

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:

4167

When was the form filled out?

4/1/89 Papillion

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Japanese Fan

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 3332

How long is the quilt?

98 inches

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

1932

When was the quilt finished?

1976

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:

6.5 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Waldo, Frances L. Harman

Where the quilt was made, county:

Harlan

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 part of a church group or ladies aid society.; Quilt pieced by one person

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1955

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Episcopal

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 20-29

Copyright holder:

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