QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2885

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:

2330

When was the form filled out?

7/22/87 Blair

This is a:

Quilt top with unfinished edge

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Ocean Waves

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 2628

How long is the quilt?

80 inches

Time period:

1901-1929

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

1900

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:

8.5 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Sullivan, Anna L. Souder

Where the quilt was made, county:

Hitchcock

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 did not quilt it.; Quilt pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Unknown

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1874

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1957

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Unknown; German

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Baptist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Seamstress/Milliner

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Where does/did the group meet?

Quilted with Church or Ladies Aid Society

Copyright holder:

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