Just checking in with a similar story of a DWR that I treasured for years.
My father had been given a DWR top at some point in either the late 20s or early 30s (possibly in exchange for legal work). When I was a teenager (late 50s/early 60s) my mom got an elderly lady in town who was bedridden but still did hand quilting to quilt and bind it. I slept under this quilt throughout my teenage years and up until the mid to late 90s at which point the muslin of the background was deteriorating and some of the small pieces were coming unstitched as well. I then folded it and displayed it on a quilt stand along with the state flower quilt that was also in much the same shape. Unfortunately when our house burned in 2000 they didn't survive.
Please get this beauty you have hand quilted and bound. Then go ahead and use it. That's what it was meant for!