Floral Motifs on Early Chintz
Campsis radicans (Trumpet Vine)
Campsis radicans (Trumpet Vine) growing in a modern garden.
Campsis radicans (Trumpet Vine) on the Bars and Flying Geese Quilt, International Quilt Study Center & Museum Object Number 1997.007.0486, c. 1830-1850.  Photo by Richard Bray with kind permission from the International Quilt Study Center & Museum
Campsis radicans (Trumpet Vine) from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol. 14, Plate 485.
Common Names: Trumpet vine 
 
Description: The Hortus Kewensis, ed. 2, vol. 4 recorded that this native of North America was introduced to Britain in 1640. 
 
Quilts with Campsis radicans (Trumpet Vine): 
 
  • Bars and Flying Geese Quilt, International Quilt Study Center & Museum Object Number 1997.007.0486, c. 1830-1850 
 
Chintz with Campsis radicans (Trumpet Vine): 
 
  • None currently known 
 

                                Additional Campsis radicans (Trumpet Vine) Motifs
                                                  (Pictures not currently available)

Quilts with a different Campsis radicans (Trumpet Vine) motif: 
 
  • Stella Rubin Antiques, Lone Star Quilt with Broderie Perse, (http://www.stellarubinantiques.com/items/1307562/Lone-Star-Quilt-Broderie-Perse-Circa-1830), c. 1830 
  • Shelburne Museum, Chintz Floral Quilt, Museum Object Number 10-145 (1954-492), The Art of the Needle: 100 Masterpiece Quilts from the Shelburne Museum, p.14, Early 19th Century 
 
Chintz with this Campsis radicans (Trumpet Vine) motif: 
 
  • None currently known 




©  Updated: 7/22/18     Author: Terry Terrell