Floral Motifs on Early Chintz
Lonicera sp. - Honeysuckle
Lonicera sp. (Honeysuckle) growing in modern garden.
Lonicera sp. (Honeysuckle) on the Edisto Island Museum, Edisto Album Chintz Applique Spread, "Lowcountry Chintz: The Townsend/Pope Quilt Legacy", Uncoverings 2013, dated 1863. Courtesy of Edisto Island Museum.
Lonicera sempervirens (Honeysuckle) from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, t. 740-786, vol. 20: t. 781, 1804
Common Names: Honeysuckle, Honey-suckle 
 
Description: Lonicera sp. (Honeysuckle) is a member of the Honeysuckle Family (Caprifoliaceae). The Hortus Kewensis, ed. 2, vol. 1 lists sixteen species originating in Great Britain, North America, Europe, and China.
 
Quilts with this Lonicera sp. (Honeysuckle) motif: 
 
  • The Edisto Island Museum, Edisto Album Chintz Applique Spread, "Lowcountry Chintz: The Townsend/Pope Quilt Legacy", Uncoverings 2013, no Accession Number, dated 1863 
  • The Alphretta Album Spread in Fig. 12 of Sharon Fulton Pinka, "Lowcountry Chintz: The Townsend/Pope Quilt Legacy," Uncoverings 34 (2013): 85, started 1860s - completed 1935 
  • Shelburne Museum, Chintz Floral Quilt, Museum Object Number 10-151 (1954-412), The Art of the Needle: 100 Masterpiece Quilts from the Shelburne Museum, p.19, 1850-1857 
  • Shelburne Museum, Chintz Floral Quilt Attributed to a Member of the Ridgley Family, Museum Object Number 10-145 (1954-492), The Art of the Needle: 100 Masterpiece Quilts from the Shelburne Museum, p.14, Early 19th Century 
  • The Charleston Museum, Chintz Applique Quilt Square, Object Number 2009.5.1l, 1835-1855 
 
Chintz with this Lonicera sp. (Honeysuckle) motif: 
 
  • None known at this time 
  
 
                                                Additional Lonicera sp. (Honeysuckle) Motifs

Lonicera sp. (Honeysuckle) on the Victoria and Albert Museum, English Floral Case Cover, c. 1820-1830
Chintz with this Lonicera sp. (Honeysuckle) motif:

  • Victoria and Albert Museum, English Floral Case Cover, Object Number T.392-1970, c. 1820-1830
Lonicera sp. (Honeysuckle) from the Private Collection, Pillar Print with Green Background Fabric Fragment, 1820-1830
Chintz with this Lonicera sp. (Honeysuckle) motif:
  • Private Collection, Pillar Print with Green Background Fabric Fragment, 1820-1830 
Lonicera sp. (Honeysuckle) from the Private Collection, Pillar Print with Tea Background Fabric Fragment, early 1800s
Chintz with this Lonicera sp. (Honeysuckle) motif:
  • Private Collection, Pillar Print with Tea Background Fabric Fragment, early 1800s 
Lonicera sp. (Honeysuckle) from the Private Collection, Finches on a Flowering Tree, c. 1815
Chintz with this Lonicera sp. (Honeysuckle) motif:
  • Lonicera sp. (Honeysuckle) from the Private Collection, Finches on a Flowering Tree, c. 1815
                                        More Lonicera sp. (Honeysuckle) Motifs 
 
                                                                (No pictures available at this time) 
 
 
 Chintz with a different Lonicera sp. (Honeysuckle) motif: 

  • The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Border Printed Furnishing Fabric, Object Number 1958.0073.002.001, 1818 
  • The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Border Printed Furnishing Fabric, Object Number 1958.0073.002.002, 1818 
 
Textile Design Patterns with the same Lonicera sp. (Honeysuckle) motif as above: 
 
  • The Cummersdale Design Collection, Bannister Hall number 5201, dated 1818 


Chintz with a second different Lonicera sp. (Honeysuckle) motif: 
 
  • The Castle Museum, York (England), Printed Chintz Centerpiece, Quilts of the British Isles, Top row, both examples p. 84, early nineteenth century




©  Updated 6/16/2024    Author: Terry Terrell