QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2815

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:

2197

When was the form filled out?

7/22/87 Blair

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Wheel of Time

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 1796

How long is the quilt?

74 inches

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt started?

1888

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

1888

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:

13 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Rosenbalm, Julia A. Van Huss

Where the quilt was made, county:

Washington

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

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1831

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1916

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Unknown; Dutch

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 20-29

Copyright holder:

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