QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2840

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:

2234

When was the form filled out?

7/22/87 Blair

This is a:

Other

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Log Cabin

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 2573

How long is the quilt?

71 inches

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

1940

When was the quilt finished?

1940

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

1940

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:

Larsen, Mary Iversen

Where the quilt was made, county:

Washington

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 did not quilt it.; Quilt pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Personal enjoyment

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1855

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1944

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Norwegian; Unknown

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Other, not listed

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Other

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

1-5 quilts

Copyright holder:

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