QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2824

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:

2212

When was the form filled out?

7/22/87 Blair

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Wedding Ring

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 0303

How long is the quilt?

88 inches

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

1930

When was the quilt finished?

1932

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

1932

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.

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Wool

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6.5 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Lambert, Jessie M. Newsham

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 makers were part of a family; Quilt pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Other

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made for special person, Family member

Where did the maker get their materials?

Other

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1888

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1939

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English; Dutch

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Other, not listed

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Seamstress/Milliner

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 20-29

Where does/did the group meet?

Quilted with friends at home; Quilted with Church or Ladies Aid Society

Copyright holder:

Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use