Floral Motifs on Early Chintz
Paeonia tenuifolia - Fernleaf Peony
Paeonia tenuifolia (Fernleaf Peony) growing in modern garden.
Paeonia tenuifolia (Fernleaf Peony) from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, vol. 24: plate 926, 1806
Paeonia tenuifolia (Fernleaf Peony) on the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Printed textile, Lancashire, England, 1830-40, Cotton, 1959.0084.018, Gift of Victoria and Albert Museum, Courtesy of Winterthur Museum 
Common Names: Fernleaf Peony, Fern Leaf Peony, Fine-leaved Peony, Narrow Peony, Steppe Peony 
 
Description: Paeonia tenuifolia (Fernleaf Peony) is a member of the Peony Family (Paeoniaceae). The Hortus Kewensis, ed. 2, vol. 3 recorded that this native of the Ukraine was introduced into cultivation in Britain in 1765. 
 
Quilts with this Paeonia tenuifolia (Fernleaf Peony) motif: 
 
  • International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Maria M. and Emma Fish Quilt, IQSC 2005.053.0003, 1843. 
  • International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Medallion Quilt probably made by Susan Pritchard Kirkwood, IQSC 2008.009.0001, dated 1837. 
  • The Denver Art Museum, Anna E. Perrine Quilt, Denver Art Museum Object Number 1985-300, 1842-1843. 
  • Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia Appliqued and Pieced Quilt probably made by a member of the Bruce or Maury family, Four Centuries of Quilts: The Colonial Williamsburg Collection, p. 105, Object Number 2011.609.1, c. 1845 
  • The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Quilt Fragment, Object Number 1959-145-1, c. 1835 
  • Private Collection, "Tree of Life Center Medallion Frame Quilt with Blue Jays", Blanket Statements 130 (Fall 2017):1, dated 1845 
 
Chintz with this Paeonia tenuifolia (Fernleaf Peony) motif: 
 
The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Printed textile, Lancashire, England, Cotton, Object Number 1959.0084.018, Gift of Victoria and Albert Museum, 1830-1840






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