This unusual two color quilt's baskets have a 90 degree handle. The solid green was more blue green.
This basket looks like the 1850 pattern no. 662.5 in Brackman's "Encyclopedia of Pieced Patterns". Note the base of the basket is a whole square not a half square.
This Carolina Lily variation has a more yellow, or Poison, green in the border and a blue green in the pieced block.
Here you can see the two different greens, as well as the interesting checkered floral print.
This block is almost a snowball variation, but set on point and with alternate blocks it loses the balls.
Various yellow greens were used with the double pinks for the blocks. The border is a more blue green print.
Here are some interesting articles on green dyes in the 19th c.:
http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/emerald-green-or-paris-green-the-deadly-regency-paint/
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/feb/20/arsenic-century-james-whorton-review
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/05/arts/05iht-design5.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0http://hyperallergic.com/133571/fatal-victorian-fashion-and-the-allure-of-the-poison-garment/
Snippets of fabric samples illustrate the article at
http://info.fabrics.net/madder-minerals-and-indigo-cotton-dyeing-in-the-18th-19th-century/
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