QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2911

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:

2382

When was the form filled out?

7/22/87 Blair

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Album, Friendship Chain

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 2813c

How long is the quilt?

78 inches

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

1940

When was the quilt finished?

1940

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

1940

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:

8.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Havekost, Catherine M. Johannes

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 also quilted it.; Quilt makers were part of a family; Quilt pieced by one person

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made for special person, Family member

Where did the maker get their materials?

Other

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1858

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1950

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

Where does/did the group meet?

Quilted with friends at home

Copyright holder:

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