Floral Motifs on Early Chintz
Bolboschoenus maritimus - Sea Clubrush
Bolboschoenus maritimus (Sea Clubrush) photo by Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Bolboschoenus maritimus (Sea Clubrush) from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Bromley Hall Pattern Book Textile Design, 1760-1800 
Bolboschoenus maritimus (Sea Clubrush), published as Scirpus sp., in M.E. Descourtilz, Flore pittoresque et médicale des Antilles, vol. 8, pl. 580, 1829
Common Names: Sea Clubrush, Saltmarsh Clubrush, Saltmarsh Bulrush, Cosmopolitan Bulrush, Alkali Bulrush, Bayonet Grass

Description:  Bolboschoenus maritimus (Sea Clubrush) is a member of the Sedge Family (Cyperaceae). The Hortus Kewensis, ed. 2, vol. 1, p. 132 recorded that this plant was native to Britain.  It is widespread in temperate and subtropical Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America and various islands.


Quilts with this Bolboschoenus maritimus (Sea Clubrush) motif: 
  • Colonial Williamsburg Museum, Quilt, Copperplate-Printed Cotton Wholecloth, Object Number 1971-132, 1780-1810

Copperplate prints or patterns for textile printing with this Bolboschoenus maritimus (Sea Clubrush) motif: 
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Bromley Hall Pattern Book Textile Design, Object Number E.458:147-1955, 1760-1800 
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Bromley Hall Pattern Book Textile Design, Object Number E.458:148-1955, 1760-1800
  • Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Textile Panel, Object Number 1969.3246, 1770-1790






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