QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2851

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:

2253

When was the form filled out?

7/22/87 Blair

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Triple Irish Chain

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 2283

How long is the quilt?

86 inches

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt started?

1895

When was the quilt finished?

1932

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

1895

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:

6.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Reed, Missouri

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 church group or ladies aid society.; Quilt pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Other

Details about why the quilt was made:

Graduation

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1857

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1900

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Scottish; Irish

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Seamstress/Milliner

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

Copyright holder:

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