Floral Motifs on Early Chintz
Tulipa sp. - Tulip
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Tulipa sp. (Tulip) from the Shelburne Museum, Sarah T.C. Miller, Broderie Perse Tree of Life Center Medallion Quilt with Peacocks detail, 1830. Cotton, 109 x 125 inches. Collection of the Shelburne Museum, acquired from Henry Coger. 1969-53.2
Quilt with these Tulipa sp. (Tulip) motifs:
  • Shelburne Museum, the Sarah T.C. Miller Tree of Life Center Medallion Quilt, Object Number 1969.053, Chintz Quilts: Unfading Glory, p. 33, also shown in Enduring Grace: Quilts from the Shelburne Museum Collection, p. 8, dated 1830 
Tulipa sp. (Tulip), detail, from Attributed to Martha Parke Custis Peter, Broderie Perse Rose Branch Medallion Quilt, 1830-1840.  Printed, glazed, appliqued, and quilted cotton, 103 x 98 In.  Collection of Shelburne Museum, museum purchase from Miss Ella Mackubin. 1953-1117.
Quilt with thisTulipa sp. (Tulip) motif:
  • Shelburne Museum, Broderie Perse Rose Branch Medallion Quilt Attributed to Martha Parke Custis Peter, Chintz Quilts: Unfading Glory, p. 35 and cover, 1830-1840 
Tulipa sp. (Tulip) from the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Fish Family Album Quilt, c. 1842-1844  
Quilts with this Tulipa sp. (Tulip) motif:
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Fish Family Album Quilt, Object Number 5254, Forget Me Not: A Gallery of Friendship and Album Quilts, p. 22, c. 1842-1844  
  • Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, Rising Sun Quilt Made by Mary “Betsy” Totten, Object Number TE.T08153, The Smithsonian Treasury American Quilts, pp. 28-29, c. 1830 
  • Maryland Historical Society, Mathematical Star Quilt Made by Catherine Mitchell, Object Number 1950.56.1, The Baltimore Album Quilt Tradition, pp 44-45, c. 1830  
Chintz with this Tulipa sp. (Tulip) motif:
  • The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Textile, printed, Object Numbers 1969.3126, 1969.4599 A-J, 1969.8791.001, 1969.8791.002, 1969.8791.003, 1969.8791.004, 1969.8791.005, 1969.8791.006, 1969.8791.007, 1969.8791.008, Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850, p. 321, 1830-1835

Tulipa sp. (Tulip) from the Ardis and Robert James Collection, International Quilt Museum, Album Quilt Made by Mary V. Yeadon, dated 1848-1849
Quilts with this Tulipa sp. (Tulip) motif:
  • Ardis and Robert James Collection, International Quilt Museum, Album Quilt Made by Mary V. Yeadon, Object Number 2006.003.0005, Chintz Appliqué: from Imitation to Icon, p. 7, Plate 18, dated 1848-1849
  • Charleston Museum, Mary Lucy Sandiford Barnes Chintz Applique Quilt, HT 591, dated 1845
  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, One of a Collection of Appliquéd Quilt Squares Made by the Family and Friends of Mary B. Clarke (later Mrs. David H. Porter), Object Number 2002-73,17, Four Centuries of Quilts: The Colonial Williamsburg Collection, p. 107, dated 1850
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© Updated 8/16/2020    Author:  Terry Terrell