QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2877

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:

2308

When was the form filled out?

7/22/87 Blair

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Feathered Star Variation; Radient Star; Chestnut Burr

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 2248

How long is the quilt?

82 inches

Time period:

1850-1875

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

1865

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:

9.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Newkirk, Mary C. Wray

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?

Wedding

Where did the maker get their materials?

Unknown

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1839

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1919

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Dutch; Irish

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 20-29

Copyright holder:

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