QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-3032

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:

2647

When was the form filled out?

9/11/87 Nebraska City

Owner's name for quilt:

Schoolhouse

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 0870

How long is the quilt?

94 inches

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt started?

1890

When was the quilt finished?

1983

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

1890

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:

9.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Duey, Dorothy E. Palmer

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 friends or neighbors; Quilt pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Unknown

Where did the maker get their materials?

Unknown

Copyright holder:

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