Quilt, Baskets pattern

ca. 1930

Not on view

This black and purple quilt has a pieced-block design. The Basket blocks are set on point, four across and five down, and alternate with plain black diamond-shaped blocks. A narrow purple inner border is surrounded by a wide black outer border. The edge binding is a purple cotton and the backing is gray cotton. There is a layer of cotton batting. The black blocks are quilted with sunflowers, and the pieced blocks are quilted with parallel straight lines. The purple inner border features pairs of petals or seeds, and the outer border is quilted with a rope pattern. The quilt is stitched together by machine but is hand quilted with black cotton thread.

Artwork Details

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Provenance

Title: Quilt, Baskets pattern
Date: ca. 1930
Geography: Made in Indiana, United States
Culture: American
Medium: Cotton
Dimensions: 87 x 70 in. (221 x 177.8 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Jack Ellenberger, 2004
Object Number: 2004.418.2
Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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