QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2854

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:

2257

When was the form filled out?

7/22/87 Blair

This is a:

Other

Owner's name for quilt:

crazy quilt

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 0435.5

How long is the quilt?

79 inches

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

1913

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

1913

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:

6.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Newman, Beulah H. Reed

Where the quilt was made, county:

Hitchcock

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 pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Other

Where did the maker get their materials?

Other

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1888

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1970

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Scottish; Irish

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Copyright holder:

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