QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2849

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:

2251

When was the form filled out?

7/22/87 Blair

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

8 point diamond star in pieced round pointed ring

How long is the quilt?

84 inches

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

1932

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.

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Wool

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Jacobs, Mathilda M. A. Oakley

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 makers were part of a church group or ladies aid society.; Quilt pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Personal enjoyment

Where did the maker get their materials?

Other

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1854

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1937

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Scottish; Irish

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 20-29

Where does/did the group meet?

Quilted with Church or Ladies Aid Society

Copyright holder:

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