
QUILT INDEX RECORD
29-24-2176
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:
744
When was the form filled out?
5/22/87 Bassett
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Whig Rose Variation
How long is the quilt?
88 inches
Time period:
1850-1875
When was the quilt finished?
1859
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1859
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.
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
8.5 stitches per inch
Describe the quilting designs used:
Quilting design - representational
Quilt top made by:
Lucy, Isabella
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?
Unknown
Where did the maker get their materials?
Unknown
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1827
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1912
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
English; Unknown
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Church of Christ
Copyright holder:
Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use
Cite this Quilt
Lucy, Isabell. Whig Rose Variation. 1859. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-2176. Accessed: 10/03/23