QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2863

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:

2276

When was the form filled out?

7/22/87 Blair

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Wedding Ring

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 0303

How long is the quilt?

96 inches

Time period:

1930-1949

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.

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Wool

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Fisher, Mabel M. Porter

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 did not quilt it.; Quilt pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Personal enjoyment

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1892

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1987

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English; Irish

Quiltmaker's educational background:

1 or more years post secondary education

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Congregational

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Other

Copyright holder:

Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use