Antique American Six Pointed String Star Patchwork Quilt with Provenance: C19th, Missouri, USA Japanese Calligraphy This panel has been embroidered

This panel has been embroidered in tambour work chain stitch using fine wools and silks

This delightful painting has been professionally framed in a fairly modern silver frame with two nicely cut cardboard inner mounts

Height: 7cm centre front

some losses to appliqué

A rare mid to late 19th century handmade embroidered Kantha quilt probably originating from Bangladesh

Antique American Six Pointed String Star Patchwork Quilt with Provenance: C19th, Missouri, USA Japanese Calligraphy This panel has been embroideredItem Details. An extraordinary handmade six pointed string star quilt made in the late 19th early 20th century by Cynthia Ann Bergner of Cedar Hill, Missouri (1858 1936) Its great to have the provenance of this beautiful quilt which can be found on a label stitched onto the reverse. We know who the owner was (Minnie Schmidtberger) as well as the maker, and exactly where it was made! The quilt has been hand stitched from a myriad of 19th dress weight