QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-3033

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:

2648

When was the form filled out?

9/11/87 Nebraska City

Owner's name for quilt:

Cross

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Thrifty

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 1602

How long is the quilt?

87 inches

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

1934

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.

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Wool

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6.5 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

unknown

Where the quilt was made, county:

Otoe

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 a family; Quilt pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Personal enjoyment

Where did the maker get their materials?

Unknown

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1860

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1936

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Unknown; German

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Copyright holder:

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