QUILT INDEX RECORD
29-24-2705
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:
1998
When was the form filled out?
7/20/87 Bancroft
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Washington Sidewalk
Brackman # or other source & #:
Brackman 2813a
How long is the quilt?
77 inches
Time period:
1850-1875
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1870
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:
5.5 stitches per inch
Quilt top made by:
Olson, Mary Swan
Where the quilt was made, county:
Burt
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
Why was the quilt made?
Other
Copyright holder:
Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use
Cite this Quilt
Olson, Mary Swa. Washington Sidewalk. 1850-1875. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-2705. Accessed: 04/25/24
