By adding a third color, in the form of a thin, chrome orange strip between each of the other strips, the maker of this Bars quilt added a layer of complexity to this otherwise simple pattern.

Pattern: 
Split Bars
Maker: 
Maker unknown
Circa
1880
1900
Possibly made in
Pennsylvania
United States
85
84
International Quilt Museum, Jonathan Holstein and Gail van der Hoof Collection
2003.003.0035