QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2936

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:

2433

When was the form filled out?

8/28/87 Wahoo

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Eight Point Star

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 1631

How long is the quilt?

82 inches

Time period:

1901-1929

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

1905

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:

7.5 stitches per inch

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Dotson, Mary Jackman

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 a church group or ladies aid society.; Quilt pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Other

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English; Unknown

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Copyright holder:

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