QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-3056

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:

2706

When was the form filled out?

9/11/87 Nebraska City

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Bismarck; Primrose Path

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 3273

How long is the quilt?

88 inches

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt started?

1890

When was the quilt finished?

1890

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

1895

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:

8.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Owens, Hattie E. Downer

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 pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Unknown

Where did the maker get their materials?

Other

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1857

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1930

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English; Unknown

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Teacher

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Copyright holder:

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