QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-3827

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:

1484

When was the form filled out?

6/24/87 Kearney

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

World's Fair (Chicago Century of Progress)

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 2334-variation

How long is the quilt?

79 inches

Time period:

1950-1975

When was the quilt started?

1955

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

1955

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

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Kjar, Sena Pedersen

Where the quilt was made, county:

Frontier

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 also quilted it.; Quilt pieced by one person

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made for special person, Teacher

Where did the maker get their materials?

Other

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1881

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1976

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Danish

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Copyright holder:

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