My Mom had a book about the history of quilting in the USA for over 100 years. The book had a picture of a woman at a large quilt frame, which was loaded with top, batting and batting moving her sewing machine over it. Wish I knew where the book was and what it was named, but, of course, I don't. I think the picture dated back to the early part of the 1900's.
It wasn't a close up picture, so I can't speak to the design of the quilting.