QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2839

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:

2233

When was the form filled out?

7/22/87 Blair

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Dresden Plate

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 3488a

How long is the quilt?

96 inches

Time period:

1930-1949

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

1935

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:

Nichols, Millie R. Wilde

Where the quilt was made, county:

Douglas

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

Where did the maker get their materials?

Other

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1864

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1937

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English; Irish

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Teacher

Where does/did the group meet?

Quilted with Church or Ladies Aid Society

Copyright holder:

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