Vintage 1918 IMPECCABLY HAND STITCHED Quilt LABELED Americana USA Rare FOLK ART

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Vintage 1918 IMPECCABLY HAND STITCHED Quilt LABELED Americana USA Rare FOLK ART:
$2069.69

You are offerding on a RARE SIGNED, DATED & PLACED, STUNNING, IMPECCABLY HAND STITCHED TULIP 1918 QUILT. This quilt is just amazing & definitely has the original matelasse / Marseille type quilt look. It is hand penned / signed / labelled (See 2nd photo - we are willing to send more photos upon request) and the label reads, \"Made by Genevieve Le Cron Bergstresser Cedar Rapids. Iowa 1918\" The first letter of the word after Le Cron is faded and could be a G an A or a P. The words are penned in cursive pristine penmanship in very thin lined ink of some kind. The detail and perfection in the crafting of this quilt is really quite amazing. They just don\'t make em like they used to. Other than the label, no other provenance is known. We have not attempted to launder or dry clean this item as it actually could be a museum quality piece and needs to be professionally cared for (UPDATE: After learning more about this quilt, we did launder it & it came out beautiful, I suspect it has been laundered many times over the years. The signature, date & place are just as clear & did not fade at all. Also, seems that the spots previously shown in photos have disappeared.). There was some pilling of the batting that we used to do a burn test and it burned to clean ash, so it is our assumption, based on this and the age of the quilt that it is constructed of all natural fibers. But the actual content of the fabric and the batting is unknown. Our educated guess is that the fabric is most likely silk but could be a very high quality cotton (*see update below). Again, just a guess. This excellent example of Folk Art measures approximately 64\" X 70\". Please don\'t hesitate to ask any and all questions prior to offerding, as there are no returns on this item. This item was found stuffed in the back of a closet during an estate sale in the Berkeley Hills of California in the San Fancisco Bay area. It was the home of a couple who were both Anthropologists. This was found among piles of vintage fabrics (mostly from the 50\'s) from all over the world. It is our intention that this item will find a new home where it can be preserved and respected as an important historic piece of Americana. Please don\'t be shy about making a BEST OFFER. Many best offers we receive are accepted. Thanks for takin ga peek and buyer\'S LUCK TO YOU!

(If you have any information regarding the maker of this quilt, or her family, please let us know.)

*UPDATE: We just received some awesome information about this quilt from someone who has written quilting books & has a small collection of quilts from the same pattern/kit maker. Here\'s what she says about it...

\"I do have some information about your quilt. The design of the quilt is Wind Blown Tulips and the designer was Marie Webster. Mountain Mist also published a design called Tulips that is very much like this one but the border of the quilt is different. The fabric is not silk but is, most likely, cotton sateen, a fabric that has a sheen to it.

Many of the Marie Webster quilts were made using cotton sateen. At least 6 of the Webster quilts I\'ve managed to collect were made using a cotton sateen background. The fabric is luscious and feels wonderful and has a great drape to it even when quilted closely. Silk has a slicker texture than cotton sateen. Back when her quilt kits were marketed, fabric had a higher thread count than we find in stores today.

As early as 1911 and 1912, Webster had 14 of her quilts published in Ladies Home Journal magazine. Her kits were available by mail order and in stores such as Marshall Fields in Chicago. Wind Blown Tulips is probably one of her most popular quilts.

One of the Poppy quilts I have is yellow and shows signs of having been used. The greens are faded and so is the yellow. That\'s the only one that shows signs of wear, all my others look like they were put away \"for good.\" It\'s almost like quilters felt like having made a Webster quilt was their crowning achievement.

The Quilter\'s Hall of Fame is housed in Marie Webster\'s house. I love her quilts! She was such an innovative designer.\"

UPDATE: This is a message from another er,

\"The small one-piece appliqued butterflies on the border confirms that this is an early Marie Webster Quilt. The fabric used appears to have been what she would have supplied in the kits she sold. If you are interested, the Indianapolis Museum of Art [which has the largest collection of Marie Webster quilts including the prototypes she made], has their collection on display until January 7th - then they go go back into the vault for another 25 years. [But the Wind Blown tulips quilt is one that they are missing from the collection.] See: {then she lists the complete link, but will not let me include the link here in the