Floral Motifs on Early Chintz
Persicaria orientalis - Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate
Persicaria orientalis (Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate) from the International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Maria M. Fish and Emma Fish Chintz Applique Album Quilt, IQSC 2005.053.0003
Persicaria orientalis (Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate) growing in a modern garden. By Wicki (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
Persicaria orientalis (Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate) Persicaria orientalis from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol. 6, Plate 213.
Common Names: Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate, Prince's Feather, Princess Feather
Description: Persicaria orientalis (Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate) is a member of the Polygonum family (Polygonaceae). The Hortus Kewensis, ed. 2, vol. 2 recorded (listed as Polygonum orientalis) that this native of the East Indies was first cultivated in Britain in 1707.
Quilts with the Persicaria orientalis (Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate) motif:
Chintz with the Persicaria orientalis (Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate) motif:
Description: Persicaria orientalis (Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate) is a member of the Polygonum family (Polygonaceae). The Hortus Kewensis, ed. 2, vol. 2 recorded (listed as Polygonum orientalis) that this native of the East Indies was first cultivated in Britain in 1707.
Quilts with the Persicaria orientalis (Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate) motif:
- Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Fish Family Chintz Album Quilt, Object Number 5254, Historic Quilts of the DAR Museum, p. 88, dated 1842 to 1844
- Denver Art Museum, Anna E. Perrine Applique Album Quilt, Object Number 1985.300, dated 1842 and 1843
- International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Maria M. Fish and Emma Fish Chintz Applique Album Quilt, IQSC 2005.053.0003, dated 1843
- International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Chintz Applique Album Quilt Probably Made by Lydia Corliss and Lisa Corliss, IQSC 2008.040.0005, dated 1843
- International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Medallion Quilt Probably Made in Shippensburg, PA, IQSC 1997.007.0479, dated 1843 and 1844
- Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Hannah Nicholson Quaker Album Quilt, Catalog Number 1986.0657.01, dated 1843
- Museum of American Folk Art, Sarah Morrell Album Quilt, Object Number 1986.16.1, Glorious American Quilts: The Quilt Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art, p. 27, dated 1843
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Sarah Flickwir Quilt, Object Number 1952.63.1, dated 1841-1846
Chintz with the Persicaria orientalis (Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate) motif:
- None currently known
© Updated 11/27/2018 Author: Terry Terrell