QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2923

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:

2413

When was the form filled out?

8/28/87 Wahoo

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Wedding Ring

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 0303

How long is the quilt?

91 inches

Time period:

1930-1949

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

1935

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:

6.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Gustafson, Selma F.

Where the quilt was made, county:

Saunders

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?

Personal enjoyment

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1879

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1938

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Unknown

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 20-29

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

1-5 quilts

Copyright holder:

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