QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2916

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:

2862

When was the form filled out?

3/30/88 Lincoln (Guild Members, etc.)

This is a:

Finished quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Dresden Plate Variation

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 3471a

How long is the quilt?

92 inches

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt finished?

1978

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

1978

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.

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

10 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Lux, Gladys M.

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 maker did not quilt it.; Quilt makers were part of community, extension, or senior citizens group.; Quilt pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Other

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1899

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English; Danish

Quiltmaker's educational background:

1 or more years post secondary education

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Copyright holder:

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