QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2910

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:

2381

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:

pieced basket

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 0659 variation

How long is the quilt?

83 inches

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt started?

1920

When was the quilt finished?

1986

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

1925

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:

8.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Schroeder, Martha P. Pribnow

Where the quilt was made, county:

Cuming

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 makers were part of a church group or ladies aid society.; Quilt pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Personal enjoyment

Where did the maker get their materials?

Other

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1887

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1952

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Unknown; German

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Copyright holder:

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