QUILT INDEX RECORD
29-24-2864
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:
2277
When was the form filled out?
7/22/87 Blair
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Double Nine Patch
Brackman # or other source & #:
Brackman 1606a
How long is the quilt?
86 inches
Time period:
1876-1900
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.
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
6.0 stitches per inch
Quilt top made by:
Porter, Otie J. Banta
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 pieced by one person
Why was the quilt made?
Unknown
Where did the maker get their materials?
Unknown
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1863
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1949
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
English; Irish
Quiltmaker's educational background:
Grade School
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Congregational
Copyright holder:
Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use
Cite this Quilt
Porter, Otie J. Bant. Double Nine Patch. 1876-1900. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-2864. Accessed: 03/29/24