QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2913

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:

2397

When was the form filled out?

7/22/87 Blair

Owner's name for quilt:

See Saw Marjorie Daw

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Miscellaneous Applique Pattern

How long is the quilt?

83 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.

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Lippincott, Ruth M.

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 also quilted it.; Quilt pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Other

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made for special person, Other

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1902

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English; German

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

Copyright holder:

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