Floral Motifs on Early Chintz
Myosotis sp. - Forget-Me-Not
Myosotis sp. (Forget-Me-Not) from the Ardis and Robert James Collection, International Quilt Museum, Fish Family Album Quilt, dated 1843
Myosotis alpestris - Forget-Me-Not photo by Darina-loveye, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Myosotis capitata (Forget-Me-Not) by Walter Hood Fitch - https://archive.org/details/botanyofantarcti0144hook, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33144049
Common Names:  Forget-Me-Not, Scorpion-Grass
  
Description:  Myosotis sp. (Forget-Me-Not) is a member of the Borage family (Boraginaceae).  The Hortus Kewensis, ed. 2, vol. 1 records five species of Forget-Me-Nots with two native to Britain and one each from Europe, Virginia, and Siberia and Camtschatca (sic). 

Quilts with this Myosotis sp. (Forget-Me-Not) motif:
  • Ardis and Robert James Collection, International Quilt Museum, Fish Family Album Quilt, Object Number 2005.053.0003, Chintz Applique: from Imitation to Icon, Plate 14, dated 1843
Chintz with this Myosotis sp. (Forget-Me-Not) motif:
  • None known at this time


                                     Additional Myosotis sp. (Forget-Me-Not) Motifs 
Myosotis sp. (Forget-Me-Not) from the Private Collection, "Tree of Life Center Medallion Frame Quilt with Blue Jays", dated 1845
Quilts with this Myosotis sp. (Forget-Me-Not) motif:  
  • International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Medallion Quilt probably made by Susan Pritchard Kirkwood, Object Number 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 Myosotis sp. (Forget-Me-Not) motif:  
  •  The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Furniture Fabric Fragment, Object Number 1959.0084.018, c.1835  
  • The Victoria and Albert Museum, Furniture Fabric Gift of the Calico Printer's Association, Object Number Circ.332-1956, c. 1835  
Myosotis sp. (Forget-Me-Not) from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Furnishing Fabric,  1830-1840
Quilts with this Myosotis sp. (Forget-Me-Not) motif:
  • Private Collection, Center Medallion Appliqué quilt Made by Miss Scott, Old Quilts, p. 183, "Probably 1810" (This date, suggested by Dunton in his Old Quilts book, is clearly in error) 
  • Private Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Warren Schlenker, Elizabeth Dahle quilt, A Maryland Album, p. 12, c. 1840  
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Mary Rooker Norris quilt, A Maryland Album, p.109, d. 1846  
  • The Poos Collection, Trapunto Mathematical Star, Chintz Quilts from the Poos Collection, p. 208, c. 1835  
  • International Quilt Museum, Ardis and Robert James Collection, Center Medallion, Object Number 1997.007.0479, d. 1843-1844  
  • International Quilt Museum, Center Medallion, possibly made in Springfield, OH, Object Number 2001.015.0001, c.1852  
  • Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Chintz Appliqué Medallion Quilt with stuffed work, Museum Object No. 1960.1024, c. 1825  
  • Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Chintz Appliqué Quilt, Museum Object No. 2016.0010.001, 1844  
  • Maryland Historical Society, Charlotte Augusta Norris Wedding Quilt, Object Number 1945.14.1, The Baltimore Album Quilt Tradition, p.17, c. 1839  
  • Maryland Historical Society, Elizabeth Clark quilt, The Baltimore Album Quilt Tradition, p. 58, c. 1840  
  • Private Collection, Lone Star Quilt with Chintz Appliqués and Chintz Border, c. 1840  
Chintz with this Myosotis sp. (Forget-Me-Not) motif:
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Furnishing Fabric, Object Number T.418-1967, 1830-1840

Myosotis sp. (Forget-Me-Not) from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Design for a Printed Cotton by William Kilburn, 1788-1792
Design for a printed cotton with this Myosotis sp. (Forget-Me-Not) motif:
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Design for a Printed Cotton by William Kilburn, Object Number E.894:84-1978, 1788-1792
Myosotis sp. (Forget-Me-Not) from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Design for a Printed Cotton by William Kilburn, 1788-1792
Design for a printed cotton with this Myosotis sp. (Forget-Me-Not) motif:
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Design for a Printed Cotton by William Kilburn, Object Number E.894:21-1978, 1788-1792
Myosotis sp. (Forget-Me-Not) from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Bromley Hall Pattern Book Page, Copper-Plate Design for Printing on Textiles, 1760-1800
Design for a printed cotton with this Myosotis sp. (Forget-Me-Not) motif:
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Bromley Hall Pattern Book Page, Copper-Plate Design for Printing on Textiles, Object Number E.458:174-1955, 1760-1800
                                           More Myosotis sp. (Forget-Me-Not) Motifs
                                                                            (No pictures at this time)



One quilt and one chintz with the same Myosotis sp. (Forget-Me-Not) motif:
  • Shelburne Museum, Crystal Palace Quilt, Wrapped in Glory: Figurative Quilts & Bedcovers 1700-1900, p. 81, c. 1851 
  • Offered on Ebay March 2021, Crystal Palace Universal Exhibition Fabric, Offered by Antiqer41, 1851 

Chintz each with a different Myosotis sp. (Forget-Me-Not) motif:
  • Castle Museum, York, Printed Chintz Centerpieces, Quilts of the British Isles, p. 84 (lower right hand piece), early nineteenth century
  • Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Printed Textile, Object Number 1958.0074.001, 1780-1800





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