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