QUILT INDEX RECORD
29-24-1656
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:
4711
When was the form filled out?
5/20/89 Elkhorn
Quilt's title:
Bunny Rabbit
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Unique
How long is the quilt?
57 inches
Time period:
1930-1949
When was the quilt started?
1932
When was the quilt finished?
1933
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1933
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.
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Wool
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
10 stitches per inch
Quilt top made by:
McClean, Lois C.
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
Details about why the quilt was made:
Made for special person, Other
Where did the maker get their materials?
Purchased new
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1882
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1955
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
Scottish; Irish
Quiltmaker's educational background:
1 or more years post secondary education
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Presbyterian
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Other, not listed
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:
20-50 quilts
Copyright holder:
Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use
Cite this Quilt
McClean, Lois C. Bunny Rabbit. 1933. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-1656. Accessed: 04/23/24