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:
Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use
Cite this Quilt
Nichols, Millie R. Wild. Dresden Plate. 1930-1949. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-2839. Accessed: 04/18/24