Basket of Chips Quilt
Title
Basket of Chips Quilt
Date Created
1885-1900
Quilt Pattern Name
Basket of Chips
Physical Dimensions
49 x 59 inches
Materials
Chintz
Description
"Basket of Chips, Chip Basket" quilt The "piled-high" baskets are done in cornflower blue and are an uncommon combination of pieced bodies and appliqued handles. Border of blue rectangles and white squares. White cotton top and bottom, the top so much polished as to appear starched. Hand quilted in overall parallelograms. Extra thin batting, likely of cotton. Has never been washed. The basket squares are set on point and two are pieced incorrectly.
Object ID
1999.001.0002
Wylie Provenance?
N
HBW Provenance?
N
Files
Citation
“Basket of Chips Quilt,” Wylie House Exhibits, accessed March 29, 2024, https://collections.libraries.indiana.edu/wyliehouse/items/show/621.