QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2172

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:

734

When was the form filled out?

5/22/87 Bassett

Owner's name for quilt:

Wagon Wheel Signature Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Embroidered (Not alternating pieced block)

How long is the quilt?

81 inches

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt started?

1909

When was the quilt finished?

1909

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

1909

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 marked on quilt.

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Wool

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5.0 stitches per inch

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Women of Iowa Flats Community

Where the quilt was made, county:

Keya Paha

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 three or more persons, a group

Why was the quilt made?

Fundraising

Where did the maker get their materials?

Unknown

Copyright holder:

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