Artwork Details
76 x 75-1/2 in.
Mark DescriptionSigned and dated, back side, corner: Marie D. Webster | 1914
Accession NumberWebster Collection, Gift of Mrs. Gerrish Thurber
CopyrightMrs. Gerrish Thurber, Indianapolis, Indiana; given to Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1979.
Between 1911 and 1912, eight of Marie Webster’s quilts were featured in color in the Ladies’ Home Journal, one of the leading women’s periodicals of the time. Webster, a pioneer quiltmaker, designed all the original patterns for her quilts. In the 1920s and the 1930s these patterns were sold through her home business, the Practical Patchwork Company.
Marie Webster finished this quilt in time to include it in her 1915 landmark publication Quilts, Their Story and How to Make Them. It is executed in pastel shades, a Webster trademark. Approximately 800 grapes, leaves, narrow vines and tendrils were painstakingly appliquéd using minute stitches. This quilt, made up of four appliquéd squares, is a revival of the four-block set popular in the mid-nineteenth century. The addition of Webster’s innovation, the appliquéd sashing strips in the middle, sets this quilt apart from others. The scalloped outer border follows the long wavy vine pattern on the inner border.
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Marie Webster Quilts: A Retrospective (Extended through 10/13/91)
Indianapolis Museum of Art
September 29, 1998 - October 4, 1998
Marie Webster Quilts: A Retrospective (Extended through 10/13/91)
Indianapolis Museum of Art
September 10, 1998 - September 15, 1998
Marie Webster Quilts: A Retrospective (Extended through 10/13/91)
Indianapolis Museum of Art
July 1, 1998 - July 15, 1998
Marie Webster Quilts: A Retrospective (Extended through 10/13/91)
Indianapolis Museum of Art
June 5, 1994 - July 31, 1994
Independent Spirit: Art by Indiana Women 1890 - 1950
Indianapolis Museum of Art Columbus Gallery
March 27, 1994 - May 8, 1994
Marie Webster Quilts: A Retrospective (Extended through 10/13/91)
Indianapolis Museum of Art
May 12, 1993 - May 16, 1993
Marie Webster Quilts: A Retrospective (Extended through 10/13/91)
Indianapolis Museum of Art
April 7, 1992 - May 16, 1992
Marie Webster Quilts: A Retrospective (extended through 10/13/1991)
Indianapolis Museum of Art
March 24, 1991 - September 30, 1991
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