QUILT INDEX RECORD
29-24-2862
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:
2273
When was the form filled out?
7/22/87 Blair
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Double Nine Patch, Single Irish Chain
Brackman # or other source & #:
Brackman 1606a
How long is the quilt?
80 inches
Time period:
1930-1949
When was the quilt started?
1938
When was the quilt finished?
1939
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1938
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:
7.0 stitches per inch
Quilt top made by:
Rolland, Karen M. Larsen
Where the quilt was made, county:
Hitchcock
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 pieced by one person
Why was the quilt made?
Other
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1888
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1978
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
Norwegian; Danish
Quiltmaker's educational background:
1 or more years post secondary education
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Lutheran
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Teacher
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:
Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use
Cite this Quilt
Rolland, Karen M. Larse. Double Nine Patch, Single Irish Chain. 1939. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-2862. Accessed: 03/29/24