QUILT INDEX RECORD
29-24-2870
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:
2293
When was the form filled out?
7/22/87 Blair
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Double Wedding Ring
Brackman # or other source & #:
Brackman 0303
How long is the quilt?
83 inches
Time period:
1930-1949
When was the quilt started?
1934
When was the quilt finished?
1935
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1935
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:
Spease, Lizzie R. Heller
Where the quilt was made, county:
Holt
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 makers were part of a church group or ladies aid society.; Quilt pieced by one person
Why was the quilt made?
Fundraising
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1892
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1981
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
Unknown; German
Quiltmaker's educational background:
High School
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Lutheran
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Age 20-29
Where does/did the group meet?
Quilted with Church or Ladies Aid Society
Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:
5-20 quilts
Copyright holder:
Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use
Cite this Quilt
Spease, Lizzie R. Helle. Double Wedding Ring. 1935. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-2870. Accessed: 04/26/24