QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2825

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:

2217

When was the form filled out?

7/22/87 Blair

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Stars Upon Stars

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 3773a

How long is the quilt?

81 inches

Time period:

1850-1875

When was the quilt started?

1869

When was the quilt finished?

1870

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.

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:

Unknown

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

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made for special person, Family member

Where did the maker get their materials?

Unknown

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1847

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1909

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Unknown

Copyright holder:

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