Floral Motifs on Early Chintz
Lilium sp. - Lily
Lilium sp. (Lily) courtesy of the Charleston Museum, Charleston, SC, Chintz Appliqué Quilt, c. 1830
Lilium maculatum (published as  
Lilium thunbergianum) by John Lindley, Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 25, plate 38, 1839
Lillium x maculatum by self, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Common Names: Lily, True Lily
 
Description: Lilium sp. (Lily) is a member of the Lily family (Liliaceae). The Hortus Kewensis, ed. 2, vol. 2 recorded thirteen species of lilies from North America, Kamtschatka, Germany and Hungary, the Levant, Siberia and the Pyrenees, China, Carolina, Italy, and Austria. Several of the thirteen species were cultivated in Britain as early as 1596.  The lily examples illustrated or cited on this page are too non-specifically drawn to be assigned to any particular species, though some resemble Lilum maculatum.


Quilts with this Lilium sp. (Lily) motif: 
  • Charleston Museum, Chintz Appliqué Quilt, Object Number 1988.16.1, c. 1830

Chintz with this Lilium sp. (Lily) motif: 
  • None known at this time 


                                                             Additional Lilium sp. (Lily) Motifs
Lilium sp. (Lily) from the Ardis and Robert James Collection, International Quilt Study Center and Museum, Marie M. and Emma Fish Album Quilt, dated 1843 
Quilts with these Lilium sp. (Lily) motifs:
  • Ardis and Robert James Collection, International Quilt Study Center and Museum, Marie M. and Emma Fish Album Quilt, Object Number 2005.053.0003, dated 1843 
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Fish Family Chintz Album Quilt, Object Number 5254, dated 1843
  • American Folk Art Museum, Martha Micou Cut-Out Chintz Quilt, Object Number 1988.2.1, 1835-1840 
  • The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Wholecloth Quilt, Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection, p. 161, Object Number 1969.9028.001, 1835-1840 (maroon background) 
  • The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Wholecloth Quilt, Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection, p. 161, Object Number 1969.3830, 1830-1835 (red background) 

Chintz with these Lilium sp. (Lily) motifs: 
  • The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Furnishing Fabric with Eagle and Swags, Object Numbers 1966.0995.001, 1966.0995.002, 1969.0432, 1820-1840 (dark brown background) 
  • The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Furnishing Fabric with Eagle and Swags, Object Numbers 1969.9028.002, 1969.9028.003, 1969.9028.004, 1969.9028.005, 1969.9028.006, 1969.9028.007, 1969.9028.008, 1969.9028.009, 1969.9028.010, 1969.9028.011, 1969.9028.012, 1969.9028.013, 1969.9028.014, 1969.9028.015, 1969.9028.016, 1969.9028.017, 1969.9028.018 (maroon background) 
  • The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Furnishing Fabric with Eagle and Swags, Object Numbers 1955.0650.001, 1955.0650.002a, 1955.0650.002b, 1955.0650.002c, 1969.5374, 1969.5555, 1969.5556, 1969.7897.001, 1969.7897.002, 1969.7897.003, 1969.7897.004, 1969.7897.005, 1969.7897.006, 1969.7898, 1969.9027, 1825-1835 (white or cream background) 
Lilium sp. (Lily) from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Appliqued Counterpane Made by Achsah Goodwin Wilkins and Unidentified African Americans, Museum Purchase, Object Number 2009.609.1,1815-1830  
Quilts with this Lilium sp. (Lily) motif:
  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Appliqued Counterpane Made by Achsah Goodwin Wilkins and Unidentified African Americans, Museum Purchase, Object Number 2009.609.1, Eye on Elegance: Early Quilts of Maryland & Virginia, p. 67 1815-1830 
  • Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Glenn, Appliqué Coverlet Probably Made by Achsah Goodwin Wilkins, Old Quilts, plate 69, p. 184, no date 
  • Private Collection of Miss Eleanor R. Tompson, Appliqué Quilt Probably Made by Achsah Goodwin Wilkins , Old Quilts, plate 71, p. 186, no date 
  • Private Collection of Mrs. Adams- Coffyn, Appliqué Coverlet Probably Made by Achsah Goodwin Wilkins, Old Quilts, p. 196, Plate78, no date 
  • Private Collection of Mrs. Eric Lassotovitch, Baltimore, Chintz Appliquéd Coverlet Made by Achsah Goodwin Wilkins, Baltimore Album Quilts, p. 32, c. 1830 
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Chintz Appliqué Counterpane Made by Achsah Goodwin Wilkins Possibly Made with Milcah Dorsey Goodwin or Milcah Goodwin Dorsey, Object Number 20.14, Eye on Elegance: Early Quilts of Maryland & Virginia, p. 65, c. 1820 
  • Ardis and Robert James Collection, International Quilt Museum, Album Quilt Made in Shippensburg, PA, Object Number 1997.007.0479, A Flowering of Quilts, p. 31, 1843-1844 
  • Byron and Sara Rhodes Dillow Collection, International Quilt Museum, Album Quilt Made by Lydia and Lily Corliss, Object Number 2008.040.0005, Chintz Appliquéd: from Imitation to Icon, Plate 19, 1843 
Lilium sp. (Lily) from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Appliqued Counterpane Made by Achsah Goodwin Wilkins and Unidentified African Americans, Museum Purchase, Object Number 2009.609.1,1815-1830  
Quilts with these Lilium sp. (Lily) motifs:
  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Appliqued Counterpane Made by Achsah Goodwin Wilkins and Unidentified African Americans, Museum Purchase, Object Number 2009.609.1, Eye on Elegance: Early Quilts of Maryland & Virginia, p. 67 1815-1830 
  • Private Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Glenn, Appliqué Coverlet Probably Made by Achsah Goodwin Wilkins, Old Quilts, plate 69, p. 184, no date 
  • Private Collection of Miss Eleanor R. Tompson, Appliqué Quilt Probably Made by Achsah Goodwin Wilkins , Old Quilts, plate 71, p. 186, no date 
  • Private Collection of Mrs. Adams- Coffyn, Appliqué Coverlet Probably Made by Achsah Goodwin Wilkins, Old Quilts, p. 196, Plate78, no date 
  • Private Collection of Mrs. Eric Lassotovitch, Baltimore, Chintz Appliquéd Coverlet Made by Achsah Goodwin Wilkins, Baltimore Album Quilts, p. 32, c. 1830 
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Chintz Appliqué Counterpane Made by Achsah Goodwin Wilkins Possibly Made with Milcah Dorsey Goodwin or Milcah Goodwin Dorsey, Object Number 20.14, Eye on Elegance: Early Quilts of Maryland & Virginia, p. 65, c. 1820 
Lilium sp. (Lily) from the   Brooklyn Museum, Elizabeth Welsh Medallion Quilt,  c. 1830 
Quilts with this Lilium sp. (Lily) motif:
  • Brooklyn Museum, Elizabeth Welsh Medallion Quilt, Object Number 78.36, Eye on Elegance: Early Quilts of Maryland & Virginia, p. 80, c. 1830 
  • Private Collection, Appliqué and Reverse Appliqué Eagle Quilt Made by Anna Catharine Hummel Markey Garnhart, Eye on Elegance: Early Quilts of Maryland & Virginia, p. 81, 1830s  
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Reverse Applique Flower Basket Quit Made by Anna Catharine Hummel Markey Garnhart for John Hanshaw Markey, Object Number 91.463, Eye on Elegance: Early Quilts of Maryland & Virginia, p. 83, dated 1849
  • Private Collection, Reverse Appliqué Flower Basket Quilt Made by Anna Catharine Hummel Markey Garnhart, Eye on Elegance: Early Quilts of Maryland & Virginia, p. 85, 1840s  
Lilium sp. (Lily) from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Printed Quilt Center, Bequest of Grace Hartshorn Westerfield, 1974-549, undated
Quilts with this Lilium sp. (Lily) motif:
  • American Folk Art Museum, Tree of Life Cut-out Chintz Quilt, Accession Number 2001.33.2, Treasury of American Quilts, p. 131 (listed as in private collection when the book was published), 1925-1935 
  • Private Collection of Catherine Janet Strauss, Fancy Appliquéd Quilt With Scroll Border Probably Made by Eleanora Roche, A Maryland Album: Quiltmaking Traditions, 1634-1934, p. 55c. 1840 
  • North Carolina Museum of History, Chintz Panel Quilt Made by Sarah Wilfong Pamseur, Object Number H.1926.4.1, c. 1830 
Chintz with this Lilium sp. (Lily) motif:
  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Printed Quilt Center, Object Number 1974-549, undated
  • Panel 14 in Appendix I of Merikay Waldvogel, "Printed Panels for Chintz Quilts: Their Origin and Use," Uncoverings 34 (2013): 124.

    Also, check out the July 21, 2018 Chintz Panels in Quilts blog (https://chintzpanelquilt.blogspot.com/2018/07/floral-bouquet-with-blue-ribbons-panel.html) by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman for several pictures, citations,  and more information about the printed panel on which this motif occurs.
                                                    More Lilium sp. (Lily) Motifs
                                                             (No pictures at this time)



Quilts and Chintz with the same Lilium sp. (Lily) motif: 
  • Private Collection of Martha Laird Harris Washam, Medallion Quilt Made by Elizabeth Brice Cochrane Harris (Gingles) in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, North Carolina Quilts, p. 53, c. 1830-1840 
  • Private Collection of William Johnston Edmiston, Jr., Tree of Life Quilt Made by Elizabeth Creswell McNeely or Jane McNeely Brantly, North Carolina Quilts, p. 57, c. 1826-1840
  • Ardis and Robert James Collection, International Quilt Museum, Medallion Quilt, Object Number 2006.003.0002, 1830-1850
  • The North Carolina Museum of History, Mariners Compass Bed Quilt, Object Number H.2002.66.1, dated 1846-1849
  • Panel 16 in Appendix I of Merikay Waldvogel, "Printed Panels for Chintz Quilts: Their Origin and Use," Uncoverings 34 (2013): 124.

    Also, check out the October 20, 2018 Chintz Panels in Quilts blog Panel #16: Bouquet with Four Stems (https://chintzpanelquilt.blogspot.com/2018/10/panel-16-bouquet-with-four-stems.html) by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman for several pictures, citations,  and more information about the printed panel on which this motif occurs.
     
Quilts each with a different Lilium sp. (Lily) motif: 
  • Shelburne Museum, Tree of Life Counterpane, Chintz Quilts: Unfading Glory, p.32, late 18th century 
  • Maryland Historical Society, Elizabeth Clark quilt, The Baltimore Album Quilt Tradition, p. 58, c. 1840  
  • Private Collection of Phyllis Haders, Broderie Perse Pieced and Appliquéd Quilt, America’s Glorious Quilts, p. 49, 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
  • Ardis and Robert James Collection, International Quilt Museum, Medallion Quilt Possibly Made in Springfield, Ohio, Chintz Applique: From Imitation to Icon, p. 37, IQSCM 2001.015.0001, c.1852
  • Ardis and Robert James Collection, International Quilt Museum, Object Number 1997.007.0369, A Flowering of Quilts, p. 29, 1830-1850
  • The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Printed Furniture Fabric, Object Number 1959.0084.015, Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens, 1700-1850, p.307, c.1834
  • Private Collection of John L.Lutz Eight Pointed Star Quilt Made in New Jersey, New Jersey Quilts 1777 to 1950: Contributions to an American Tradition, Plate 26, p. 65, 1830-1840
 Chintz each with a different Lilium sp. (Lily) motif: 
  • The Castle Museum, York, Printed Chintz Centrepieces, The Quilts of the British Isles, p. 84, bottom left, early 19th century  
  • John Lewis Partnership Textile Archive Collection, Ribbon Stripe Chintz Sample Printed at Bannister Hall for Richard Ovey in 1801 and Again in 1816 for George and Thomas Anstey, Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens, 1700-1850, p.108, printed 1801 and 1816 
  • Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Printed Textile, Object Number 1969.3254, c. 1750 
  • The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Printed Furniture Fabric, Object Number 1960.0161.004, Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens, 1700-1850, p.306, c.1830 





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