QUILT INDEX RECORD
29-24-1226
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:
4288
When was the form filled out?
4/15/89 Omaha
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Arkansas Star
Brackman # or other source & #:
Brackman 3665
How long is the quilt?
90 inches
Time period:
1930-1949
When was the quilt started?
1935
When was the quilt finished?
1965
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1935
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:
6.0 stitches per inch
Quilt top made by:
Fuller, Zepha F. Kessinger
Where the quilt was made, county:
Cuming
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 hired; Quilt pieced by one person
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1916
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
German; Irish
Quiltmaker's educational background:
High School
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Seamstress/Milliner
Where does/did the group meet?
Quilted with friends at home
Copyright holder:
Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use
Cite this Quilt
Fuller, Zepha F. Kessinge. Arkansas Star. 1965. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-1226. Accessed: 04/20/24