QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2841

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:

2236

When was the form filled out?

7/22/87 Blair

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Five Point Star

How long is the quilt?

80 inches

Time period:

1876-1900

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

1900

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:

Stevens, May L.

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 friends or neighbors; Quilt pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Unknown

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English; Unknown

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Presbyterian

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

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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