QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2878

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:

2311

When was the form filled out?

7/22/87 Blair

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

One Patch; Squares

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 2276

How long is the quilt?

17 inches

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

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.

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Wool

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Gieselmann, Emma Franke

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 pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Unknown

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1944

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Unknown; German

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:

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