Floral Motifs on Early Chintz
Dianthus caryophyllus - Carnation
Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation) from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Quilt center, England, 1810-30, Cotton, 1969.3247, Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont, Courtesy of Winterthur Museum
Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation) (published as Caryophyllus maximus) from Basilius Bessler, Hortus Eystettensis, vol. 3, plate 312, 1620
Dianthus caryophyllus  (Carnation) by Yakovlev Sergey [Public domain]
Common Names: Carnation, Clove Pink 
 
Description: Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation) is a member of the Caryophyllaceae (Pink Family). The Hortus Kewensis, ed. 2, vol. 3 recorded this flower is native to  Britain.  This listing includes Danthus caryophyllus and its many subsequent garden hybrids.
 
Quilts with this Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation) motif: 
  
  • The Quilters' Guild Collection, The Quilters' Guild of the British Isles, the Fife Coverlet, 1830-1839 
  • Private Collection of Parks Hutchinson Dalton, Central Diamond Medallion Made by Ann Adeline Orr Parks in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, North Carolina Quilts, p. 50, c. 1830 
  • Private Collection of Charles Orr Dalton, Central Diamond Medallion Made by Ann Adeline Orr Parks in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, North Carolina Quilts, p. 51, c. 1830 
  • Collection of the Carson House, Marion, NC, Floral Wreath Medallion made by Kadella, a slave owned by Colonel John Carson, North Carolina Quilts, p. 61, c. 1820-1840 
  • Charleston Museum, Chintz Applique Quilt, Social Fabric: South Carolina's Traditional Quilts, p.14, Shelving Locator HT 740, c. 1840 
  • Charleston Museum, Chintz Applique Quilt Made by Mrs. Daniel Crawford, Shelving Locator HT 742, c. 1840 
  • Charleston Museum, Chintz Applique Quilt, Social Fabric: South Carolina's Traditional Quilts, p.14, Shelving Locator HT 584, c. 1830 
  • Ardis and Robert James Collection, International Quilt Study Center, Printed Center Medallion Quilt, Object Number 2007.040.0001, 1830-1850 
 
Chintz with this Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation) motif: 
  • The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Quilt Center, Object Number 1969.3247, 1810-1830
  • Panel 2 in Appendix I of Merikay Waldvogel, "Printed Panels for Chintz Quilts: Their Origin and Use," Uncoverings 34 (2013): 124

Also check out the December 17, 2018 Chintz Panels in Quilts blog (https://chintzpanelquilt.blogspot.com/2018/12/panel-2-round-bouquet-in-feather-scroll.html)  by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman for several pictures, citations,  and more information about the printed panel on which this motif occurs.



                                       Additional Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation) Motifs
Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation) from the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Framed Medallion Counterpane, Probably Made by a Member of the Bowkes Family, c. 1830
Quilts with this Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation) motif: 
  
  • The Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Framed Medallion Counterpane, Probably Made by a Member of the Bowkes Family, Object Number 3788, c. 1830
  • Museum of American Folk Art, Cut-Out Chintz Quilt with Chintz Border,  Accession Number 2003.1.2, Glorious American Quilts, p. 15, 1835-1850
  • International Quilt Museum, Center Medallion with Cut-Out Chintz Applique Quilt, Object Number 1997.007.479, A Flowering of Quilts, p. 31, dated 1843-1844
  • The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Applique Medallion Quilt Made by Sophia Myers Pearce, Object Number 1996.0011, Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850, p. 358, 1830-1840
Ardis and Robert James Collection,  International Quilt Museum, Album Quilt Made by Mary V. Yeadon, dated 1848-1849
Quilts with this Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation) motif: 
  
  • Ardis and Robert James Collection, International Quilt Museum, Album Quilt Made by Mary V. Yeadon, Object Number 2006.003.0005, Chintz Applique: from Imitation to Icon, p. 7 and plate 18, dated 1848-1849
Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation)  from Private Collection, Red and Yellow Cow Toile from Switzerland, c. 1830
Chintz with this Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation)  motif: 
 
  • Private Collection, Red and Yellow Cow Toile from Switzerland, c. 1830
Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation)  courtesy, Winterthur Museum, DETAIL-Printed textile, 1850-1855, England, Cotton, Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont, 1969.3592
Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation)  from Private Collection, Mid-1800s Floral Print Same as Winterthur 1969.3592 But on Light Background, mid-1800s
Chintz with this Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation)  motif: 
 
  • The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Textile Panel, Object Number 1969.3592, 1850-1855
  • Private Collection, Mid-1800s Floral Mid-1800s Floral Print Same as Winterthur 1969.3592 But on Light Background, mid-1800s
Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation)  from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Quilt Center Made by John Hewson, c 1790
Quilts with this Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation) motif: 
  
  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Bed Quilt, Hewson Panel, Object Number 2016-84, c. 1830
  • Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Bed Cover (Bedspread), Object Number 1963.0048, 1780-1810
  • Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Quilt (Applique Quilt), Object Number 1964.0001, 1830-1850
  • Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Quilt, Object Number 2010.0018, 1830-1850, before 1810
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art, Bedcover, made by John Hewson, Accession Number 2011-101-1, 1790-1810
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art, Bedcover, made by John Hewson, Accession Number 1930-100-1, 1790-1810
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art, Bedcover, made by Zibiah Smallwood Hewson, Accession Number 1934-16-1, 1790-1810
  • Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Mary Jessop's Appliqued Quilt Top, ID Number TE.T15295 , 1800-1850

Chintz with this Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation) motif: 

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, Quilt Center, made by John Hewson, Accession Number 2005.284, c. 1790 
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art, Printed Textile (Center Square for Quilt or Bedcover), Accession Number 1967-247-11, Early 19th century 
  • Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt Museum, Textile (USA), Accession Number 1995-50-30, 1780-1810
Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation) from Charleston Museum, Chintz Applique Quilt, mid-19th century.  Photo courtesy of the Charleston Museum.
Quilts with this Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation) motif: 
  
  • Charleston Museum,  Chintz Applique Quilt,Object Number 2014.32.1, mid-19th century
  • Charleston Museum, Quilt Square, Object Number 2009.5.1m, 1853-1855
  • Collection of Louise Crafts, Broderie Perse Quilt Made by Anna Maria Livingston Rutgers, Grand Endeavors: Vintage Arizona Quilts and Their Makers, p. 135, c. 1850
  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Framed Center Medallioin Appliqued and Pieced Quilt Made by the Boyle Sisters, Object Number 1991-644, Four Centuries of Quilts: The Colonial Williamsburg Collection, p. 102, 1830-1845
  • The Edisto Island Museum, Edisto Album Chintz Applique Spread, "Lowcountry Chintz: The Townsend/Pope Quilt Legacy", Uncoverings 34 (2013): 84, dated 1863 
Charleston Museum, Gracy Drummond Applique Quilt, dated 1844-1845.  Photo courtesy of the Charleston Museum.
Quilts with this Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation) motif: 

  • Charleston Museum, Gracy Drummond Chintz Applique Quilt, Object Number 2011.26.1, dated 1844-1845
Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation) from the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Fish Family Chintz Album Quilt, , dated 1844-1844 
Quilts with the above Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation) motif: 
 
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Fish Family Chintz Album Quilt, Object Number 5254, dated 1844-1844 
  • International Quilt Museum, Ardis and Robert James Collection, Flower Basket Medallion Quilt, Object Number 2008.009.0001, dated 1837
Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation) from  the Victoria and Albert Museum, Palampore, c. 1725-1750 (made)
Palampore with the above Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation) motif: 
 
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Palampore, Accession Number IS.33-150, c. 1725-1750 (made)
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Quilts each with different Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation) motifs:

  •  Private Collection, Applique Quilt with "Sarah V. B. Quick 1844" Inscription, Stafford and Bishop's America's Quilts and Coverlets, p. 177, dated 1844
  • New Jersey State Museum, Amwell Baptist Church Album Quilt, Common Threads: Quilting Traditions of Hunterdon County, NJ, p. 12, c. 1845
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art, Sarah Flickwir Quilt, Object Number 1952-63-1, The Fine Art of Textiles: The Collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, p. 96, dated 1840-1846
  • Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History,  Betsy Totten Rising Sun Quilt, ID Number TE.T08153, The Smithsonian Threasury American Quilts, pp. 28-29, 1825-1835
  • Charleston Museum, Chintz Applique Crib Quilt Made by Emily Nancy Ballard McDow, Shelving Locator HT 441, Chintz Quilts: Unfading Glory, p. 42, Dated 1853
  • Charleston Museum, Chintz Applique Quilt, Object Number 1988.16.1, c. 1830
  • Charleston Museum, Quilt Square, Shelving Locator HT 703g, c. 1850
  • Shelburne Museum, Applique Quilt Top, Object Number 1957-533.(10-242), Enduring Grace: Quilts from the Shelburne Museum Collection, p. 47, 1782-1800
  • Shelburne Museum, Kiggins Pieced Quilt Made for Rev. Benjamin Cory, America's Glorious Quilts, p. 275, dated 1852
  • Shelburn Museum, Block for an Album Quilt Made by Mary Spaulding, Chintz Quilts: Unfading Glory, p. 41, dated Jan. 1866
  • Shelburne Museum, Chintz Diagonals Quilt, Colby's Patchwork Quilts, p. 63, mid-nineteenth century
  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Chimney Sweep Quilt Made by Kate H. Tupper, Object Number 1974.609.26, Four Centuries of Quilts: The Colonial Williamsburg Collection, p. 121, dated 1850
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Audubon Tree of Life Quilt, Object Number 96.69, Historic Quilts of the DAR Museum, p. 42, 1820s
  • Ardis and Robert James Collection, International Quilt Museum, Fish Family Medallion Quilt, Chintz Applique: from Imitation to Icon, plate 14, Object Number 2005.053.0003, dated 1843
  • Ardis and Robert James Collection, International Quilt Museum, Medallion Quilt, Chintz Applique: from Imitation to Icon, plate 22, Object Number 1997.007.0634, 1810-1830
  • International Quilt Museum, Medallion Quilt Made by Mary C. Taylor. Object Number 2011.067.0001, dated 1824
  • Private Collection, Connecticut Pieced Quilt, New Discoveries in American Quilts, p. 18, 1820-1830
  • The Edisto Island Museum, Edisto Album Chintz Applique Spread, "Lowcountry Chintz: The Townsend/Pope Quilt Legacy", Uncoverings 34 (2013): 84, dated 1863 
  • The Collection of Mary Elizabeth (Howle) Nelson, Alphretta Album Spread, Fig. 12 in Sharon Fulton Pinka, "Lowcountry Chintz: The Townsend/Pope Quilt Legacy," Uncoverings 34 (2013): 85, started c. 1860 and completed 1935 
  • Patricia S. Smith Collection, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery, Pieced Quilt (Nine Patch), Object Number 1998.149.20, Calico and Chintz: Antique Quilts from the Collection of Patricia S. Smith, pp. 98-99, c.1835
  • Patricia S. Smith Collection, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery, Pieced Quilt (Delectable Mountains Variation), Calico and Chintz: Antique Quilts from the Collection of Patricia S. Smith, pp. 104-105, c.1840
  • Massillon Museum, Pieced and Applique Quilt, Broderie Perse, Treasury of American Quilts, p. 146, 1835-1846
  • The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Bedcover (Wholecloth Comforter), Object Number 1967.0105, Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850, p. 350, 1780-1830
  • Museum of American Folk Art, Sarah Morrell Album Quilt,  Accession Number 1986.16.1, Glorious American Quilts, p. 27, dated 1842-1843
  • Maryland Historical Society, Star of Bethlehem and Arborescent Chintz Made by Adeline Virginia Bartruff Darnall, Object Number 1957.80.1, The Baltimore Album Quilt Tradition, pp. 32-33, c.1835
  • Maryland Historical Society, Appliqued and Pieced Star of Bethlehem Quilt Made by Betty Schoefield, Object Number 1959.41.1, The Baltimore Album Quilt Tradition, pp. 40-41, c.1820

Chintz each with a different Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation) motif: 

  • The Castle Museum, York, Printed Chintz Centrepiece, bottom left corner of the picture in The Quilts of the British Isles, p. 84, undated
  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Printed Cotton Appliqued Document, Object Number 1974-557,27 c. 1830
  • The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Printed Textile, Object Number 1957.0078, Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850, p. 207, c. 1755
  • The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Printed Textile, Object Number 1966.089, Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850, p. 322, c. 1840
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Printed Cotton, Object Number Circ.352-1955, c. 1814 

Quilts with the same motif that is different from the Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation) motifs  above:

  • The Poos Collection, Charleston and Baltimore Roses Center Medallion Album Quilt, Chintz Quilts from the Poos Collection, p. 184, c. 1846
  • Charleston Museum, Album Quilt from Pinopolis, SC, Shelving Locator HT 7077,  Chintz Quilts: Unfading Glory, p. 45, dated 1885, probably from older blocks 
  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Quilt Top, Woodblock Print, Made by James Betts, Object Number 1970-194, c. 1840

Quilts with the same motif that is different from the Dianthus caryophyllus (Carnation) motifs  above:

  • Daughters of the American Revolution Museum,  Appliqué and Reverse Appliqué Flower Basket Quilt, Object Number 91.463, Historic Quilts of the DAR Museum, p. 33, dated 1849
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Garnhart Eagle Quilt, Object Number 74.282, Historic Quilts of the DAR Museum, p. 32, c. 1825-1840
  • Brooklyn Museum, Elizabeth Welsh Medallion Quilt, Accession Number 78.36, c.1830




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