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QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-3996

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:

1831

When was the form filled out?

6/26/87 Red Cloud

Owner's name for quilt:

Friendship Link

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Melon Patch, Flower Petals

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 1527b

How long is the quilt?

97 inches

Time period:

1950-1975

When was the quilt started?

1950

When was the quilt finished?

1960

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

1950

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.

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5.5 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Bartels, Anna

Where the quilt was made, county:

Franklin

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?

Other

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1880

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1975

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

German

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:

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

Cite this Quilt

Bartels, Ann. Friendship Link. 1960. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-3996. Accessed: 03/29/24