QUILT INDEX RECORD
29-24-1792
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:
4916
When was the form filled out?
3/23/89 Lincoln--Museum of Nebraska History
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
McGills Cherries; Applique
How long is the quilt?
90 inches
Time period:
1930-1949
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1945
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.
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
8.0 stitches per inch
Describe the quilting designs used:
Quilting design - swags
Quilt top made by:
Snyder, Grace
Where the quilt was made, county:
Lincoln
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 pieced by one person
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1882
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1982
Copyright holder:
Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use
Cite this Quilt
Snyder, Grac. McGills Cherries; Applique. 1930-1949. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-1792. Accessed: 07/27/24
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