QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2830

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:

2223

When was the form filled out?

7/22/87 Blair

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Homeward Bound

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 1310a

How long is the quilt?

79 inches

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt started?

1895

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

1895

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:

6.5 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Daubert, Frieda H.

Where the quilt was made, county:

Dodge

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

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1885

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1972

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Unknown; German

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Copyright holder:

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