QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-1810

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:

26

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Double Link; Friendship Links; Friendship Quilt

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 4189

How long is the quilt?

72 inches

Time period:

1901-1929

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

1913

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:

7.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Park, Phoebe C. Wolford

Where the quilt was made, county:

Thayer

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

Why was the quilt made?

Other

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made for special person, Family member

Copyright holder:

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