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

SAM_1632.JPG

Citation

“Basket of Chips Quilt,” Wylie House Exhibits, accessed March 29, 2024, https://collections.libraries.indiana.edu/wyliehouse/items/show/621.