Floral Motifs on Early Chintz
Salvia pratensis - Meadow Clary 
Salvia pratensis (Meadow Clary) photo by H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Salvia pratensis (Meadow Clary)   from the  Victoria and Albert Museum, Bed Cover, Given by Alice B. Kershaw, 1811-1815 (made)
Salvia pratensis (Meadow Clary)  from William Baxter, British Phaenogamous Botany, ed.2, vol.1, plate 65, 1834
Common Names:  Meadow Clary, Clary, Meadow Sage


Description:  Salvia pratensis (Meadow Clary) is a member of the Sage (Lamiaceae). The Hortus Kewensis, ed. 2, vol. 1, p.57 listed Salvia pratensis (Meadow Clary) as native to England. 


Quilts with this Salvia pratensis (Meadow Clary) motif: 
 
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Bed Cover, Given by Alice B. Kershaw, Accession Number T.382-1960, 1811-1815 (made) 
 
Chintz with Salvia pratensis (Meadow Clary) motif: 
 
  • None currently known. 



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