QUILT INDEX RECORD
29-24-2851
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:
2253
When was the form filled out?
7/22/87 Blair
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Triple Irish Chain
Brackman # or other source & #:
Brackman 2283
How long is the quilt?
86 inches
Time period:
1876-1900
When was the quilt started?
1895
When was the quilt finished?
1932
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1895
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:
Reed, Missouri
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?
Other
Details about why the quilt was made:
Graduation
Where did the maker get their materials?
Purchased new
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1857
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1900
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
Scottish; Irish
Quiltmaker's educational background:
Grade School
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Methodist
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Seamstress/Milliner
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Age 11-19
Copyright holder:
Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use
Cite this Quilt
Reed, Missour. Triple Irish Chain. 1932. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-2851. Accessed: 04/24/24