QUILT INDEX RECORD
29-24-2816
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:
2198
When was the form filled out?
7/22/87 Blair
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Sunburst
Brackman # or other source & #:
Brackman 4006
How long is the quilt?
83 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:
18 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:
Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use
Cite this Quilt
Rosenbalm, Julia A. Van Hus. Sunburst. 1876-1900. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-2816. Accessed: 04/23/24