QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-3062

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:

2720

When was the form filled out?

9/11/87 Nebraska City

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Unequal Nine Patch; Signature;A Plain Block; Sheepfold Quilt; Nine Patch

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 2020

How long is the quilt?

89 inches

Time period:

1950-1975

When was the quilt started?

1935

When was the quilt finished?

1980

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:

6.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Davidson, Ruth M. Owens

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.; Quilt pieced by one person

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1902

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English; Irish

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Where does/did the group meet?

Quilted with Church or Ladies Aid Society

Copyright holder:

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