QUILT INDEX RECORD
29-24-2716
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:
2012
When was the form filled out?
7/20/87 Bancroft
This is a:
Quilt blocks or pieces
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Flower Garden
Brackman # or other source & #:
Brackman 0160
How long is the quilt?
90 inches
Time period:
1930-1949
When was the quilt started?
1938
When was the quilt finished?
1980
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1938
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.
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
5.5 stitches per inch
Quilt top made by:
Bogseth, Ellen M. Baker
Where the quilt was made, county:
Wheeler
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 two persons
Why was the quilt made?
Personal enjoyment
Where did the maker get their materials?
Other
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1901
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1945
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
English; Unknown
Quiltmaker's educational background:
1 or more years post secondary education
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Methodist
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Teacher
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Age 20-29
Copyright holder:
Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use
Cite this Quilt
Bogseth, Ellen M. Bake. Flower Garden. 1980. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-2716. Accessed: 04/26/24