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Embroidered and Applique; books with students name surrounding schoolhouse with teacher's name
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QUILT INDEX RECORD
29-24-3750
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:
1336
When was the form filled out?
6/22/87 St. Paul
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Embroidered and Applique; books with students name surrounding schoolhouse with teacher's name
How long is the quilt?
90 inches
Time period:
1950-1975
When was the quilt started?
1957
When was the quilt finished?
1957
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1957
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.
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
9.0 stitches per inch
Quilt top made by:
Madison Square Community Ladies
Where the quilt was made, county:
Loup
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 friends or neighbors; Quilt pieced by three or more persons, a group
Why was the quilt made?
Other
Details about why the quilt was made:
Made for special person, Teacher
Where did the maker get their materials?
Purchased new
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
Unknown
Copyright holder:
Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use
Cite this Quilt
Madison Square Community Ladie. Embroidered and Applique; books with students name surrounding schoolhouse with teacher's name. 1957. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-3750. Accessed: 03/28/24