QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2844

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:

2243

When was the form filled out?

7/22/87 Blair

This is a:

Other

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Crazy quilt, block format

How long is the quilt?

81 inches

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt started?

1898

When was the quilt finished?

1898

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

1898

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 marked on quilt.

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Silk

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Jeppesen, Anna H. Rosenbaum

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

Where did the maker get their materials?

Other

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1879

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1966

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Polish; German

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 20-29

Copyright holder:

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