QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2869

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:

2292

When was the form filled out?

7/22/87 Blair

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Hearts & Gizzards

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 1500

How long is the quilt?

77 inches

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt started?

1913

When was the quilt finished?

1917

Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:

1913

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:

6.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Larsen, Abelone Nielson

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 makers were part of a family; Quilt pieced by three or more persons, a group

Why was the quilt made?

Teaching or learning sample

Where did the maker get their materials?

Unknown

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1897

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1977

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Unknown; Danish

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

20-50 quilts

Copyright holder:

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