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