Floral Motifs on Early Chintz
Tulipa sp. - Tulip
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Tulipa sp. (Tulip) from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Furnishing Fabric Fragment, c. 1830-1840 
 
Quilts with this Tulipa sp. (Tulip) motif: 
  • Private Collection, Center Medallion Appliqué Quilt Made by Miss Scott, Old Quilts, p. 183, "Probably 1810" (This date, suggested by Dunton in his Old Quilts book, is clearly in error) 
  • Private Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Warren Schlenker, Elizabeth Dahle quilt, A Maryland Album, p. 12, c. 1840  
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art, Sarah Flickwir quilt, The Fine Art of Textiles: The Collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, p. 96, dated 1840-1846 
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Garnhart Eagle Quilt, Historic Quilts of the DAR Museum, p. 32, c. 1825  
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Anna Catherine Garnhart quilt made for John Hanshaw Markey, Historic Quilts of the DAR Museum, p. 33, c. 1825-1840  
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Mary Rooker Norris Quilt, A Maryland Album, p. 109, dated 1846  
  • The Poos Collection, Trapunto Mathematical Star, Chintz Quilts from the Poos Collection, p. 208, c. 1835 
  • Ardis and Robert James Collection, International Quilt Museum, Center Medallion, possibly Baltimore, MD, Object Number 1997.007.0306, 1830-1850  
  • International Quilt Museum, Center Medallion, possibly made in Springfield, OH, IQSC 2001.015.0001, c.1852  
  • The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Chintz Appliqué Medallion Quilt with Stuffed Work, Museum Object No. 1960.1024, 1835-1850 
  • The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Chintz Applique Quilt, Museum Object No. 2016.0010.001, 1844
  • Maryland Historical Society, Charlotte Augusta Norris Wedding Quilt, The Baltimore Album Quilt Tradition, p.17, c. 1839  
  • Maryland Historical Society, Elizabeth Clark quilt, The Baltimore Album Quilt Tradition, p.58, c. 1840  
  • Private Collection, Lone Star Quilt with Chintz Appliqués and Chintz Border, c. 1840  

Chintz with this Tulipa sp. (Tulip) motif: 
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Furnishing Fabric Fragment, Object Number T.418-1967, c. 1830-1840 
 
Tulipa sp. (Tulip) from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Furnishing Fabric, Made in Lancashire, c 1850
Chintz with this Tulipa sp. (Tulip) motif: 
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Furnishing Fabric, Made in Lancashire, Object Number T.11-1933, c 1850
Tulipa sp. (Tulip) from the Edisto Island Museum, Edisto Album Chintz Applique Spread, dated 1863. Image courtesy of the Edisto Island Museum  
Quilts with this Tulipa sp. (Tulip) motif: 
  • The Edisto Island Museum, Edisto Album Chintz Applique Spread, "Lowcountry Chintz: The Townsend/Pope Quilt Legacy", Uncoverings 34 (2013): 84, dated 1863  
  • Private Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Warren Schlenker, Elizabeth Dahle Quilt, A Maryland Album, p. 12, c. 1840  
  • Private Collection of Katherine Ratcliffe and Eleanor Bennett, Appliqued Quilt Possibly Made By A Member of the Holmes Family, First Flowerings: Early Virginia Quilts, p.27, c. 1835 
  • Museum of Southern Decorative Arts, Elizabeth Bennett’s Quilt, For Purpose and Pleasure, p. 53, c. 1840-1845 
  • Ardis and Robert James Collection, International Quilt Museum, Medallion Quilt, Object Number 2006.003.0004, Treasury of American Quilts, p. viii, c 1820-1840 
  • Ardis and Robert James Collection, International Quilt Museum, Medallion Quilt, Object Number 1997.007.0633, Chintz Applique: from Imitation to Icon, Plate 29, c 1830-1850 
  • Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Catherine Couturier Marion Palmer Album Quilt, Accession Number 2534.3, dated 1847-1848
Tulipa sp. (Tulip) from the Edisto Island Museum, Edisto Album Chintz Applique Spread,  dated 1863. Image courtesy of the Edisto Island Museum  
Quilts with this Tulipa sp. (Tulip) motif: 
  • The Edisto Island Museum, Edisto Album Chintz Applique Spread, "Lowcountry Chintz: The Townsend/Pope Quilt Legacy", Uncoverings 34 (2013): 84, dated 1863 
  • The Collection of Mary Elizabeth (Howle) Nelson, Alphretta Album Spread, Fig. 12 in Sharon Fulton Pinka, "Lowcountry Chintz: The Townsend/Pope Quilt Legacy," Uncoverings 34 (2013): 85, started c. 1860 and completed 1935 
  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Block Printed Cotton Quilt Top Made by James Betts, Object Number 1970-194, c 1840 
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© Updated 8/16/2020    Author:  Terry Terrell