Ladies Art Company

Benberry, Cuesta

May; 9; 2018

The Ladies Art Company of St. Louis, Missouri was the earliest quilt pattern company to publish quilt patterns in large quantities and design varieties. Officially established in 1889 (although the family gave a date of c1874 for the founding) Ladies Art Company continued to publish patterns until the 1970s. This collection is housed in the Michigan State University Museum.

Collection

12-91-513

Cuesta Benberry Quilt and Ephemera Collection

Worrall, Mary

2008

Cuesta Benberry was one of the twentieth-century's pioneers of research on American quiltmaking and she was the pioneer of research on African American quiltmaking. This collection is housed in the Michigan State University Museum.

Collection

12-91-465

Womenfolk 54. Basket Quilts: A Daily Presence Through History

Breneman, Judy Anne

2004

This article from the website, Womenfolk.com is part of The History of Quilting Patterns essays. Before magazines and mail order patterns were widely available women shared them with each other. A pattern might have been mailed to a sister out west as well as given to the neighbor just down the road. The study of these patterns is an intriguing blend of fact and myth. Where did the names come from and when were they designed?

Ephemera

51-149-51