QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2940

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:

2444

When was the form filled out?

8/28/87 Wahoo

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Ocean Waves

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 0113

How long is the quilt?

70 inches

Type of inscription:

Signature

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt started?

1900

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

1900

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 marked on quilt.

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Orm, Gertrude

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.

Where did the maker get their materials?

Other

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1876

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English; Unknown

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Congregational

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Copyright holder:

Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use