QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-3046

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:

2690

When was the form filled out?

9/11/87 Nebraska City

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Appliqued Floral Wreath

How long is the quilt?

77 inches

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt started?

1894

When was the quilt finished?

1895

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.

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Suhr, Marie L. Rucksdaechel

Where the quilt was made, county:

Seward

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 also quilted it.; Quilt pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Personal enjoyment

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1875

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1968

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Unknown; German

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

Copyright holder:

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