BACK TO QUILTS

Double Irish Chain

CITE THIS QUILT

img
quilt

QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2835

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:

2227

When was the form filled out?

7/22/87 Blair

This is a:

Quilt top with unfinished edge

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Double Irish Chain

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 2284a

How long is the quilt?

81 inches

Time period:

1850-1875

When was the quilt started?

1869

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

1869

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:

6.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Culp, Clara Compton

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 did not quilt it.; Quilt pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Teaching or learning sample

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1862

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1945

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English; Unknown

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Copyright holder:

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

Cite this Quilt

Culp, Clara Compto. Double Irish Chain. 1850-1875. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-2835. Accessed: 03/28/24