QUILT INDEX RECORD
29-24-2914
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:
2404
When was the form filled out?
8/28/87 Wahoo
Owner's name for quilt:
Democrat Rose
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Cactus Rose
How long is the quilt?
83 inches
Time period:
1876-1900
When was the quilt started?
1875
When was the quilt finished?
1976
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1875
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:
Dimmitt, Hannah M. Skinner
Where the quilt was made, county:
Lancaster
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 makers were friends or neighbors; Quilt pieced by one person
Why was the quilt made?
Unknown
Where did the maker get their materials?
Unknown
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1843
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1918
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
Unknown
Quiltmaker's educational background:
Grade School
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Methodist
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Housewife
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Age 11-19
Copyright holder:
Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use
Cite this Quilt
Dimmitt, Hannah M. Skinne. Democrat Rose. 1976. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-2914. Accessed: 04/26/24