Floral Motifs on Early Chintz
Passiflora alata - Winged-stem Passion Flower
Passiflora alata (Winged-stem Passion Flower) in a modern garden.  KENPEI's photo via Wikimedia Commons
Passiflora alata (Winged-stem Passion Flower) on the Unidentified maker, Broderie Perse Tree of Life Counterpane detail, 1790-1815. Cotton 96 1/2 x 92 1/2 in.  Collection of Shelburne Museum. 1952-551.
Passiflora alata (Winged-stem Passion Flower) from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, vol. 2, plate 66 (1788)
Common Names:  Winged-stem passion flower, fragrant grenadilla, winged passion-flower

Description: Passiflora alata (Winged-stem Passion Flower) is a member of the Passion Flower Family (Passifloraceae). The Hortus Kewensis, ed. 2, vol. 4 recorded that Passiflora alata, native to the West Indies, was introduced into cultivation in 1772. 
 
Quilts with this Passiflora alata (Winged-stem Passion Flower) motif: 
 
  • Shelburne Museum, Broderie Perse Tree of Life Counterpane, Object Number1952-551,  Chintz Quilts:Unfading Glory, p. 34, late 18th Century 
 
Chintz with this Passiflora alata (Winged-stem Passion Flower) motif: 
 
  • None known at this time


                          Additional Passiflora alata (Winged-stem Passion Flower) Motifs
                                                  
Passiflora alata (Winged-stem Passion Flower) from the The Edisto Island Museum, Edisto Album Chintz Applique Spread,  dated 1863  
Quilts with this Passiflora alata (Winged-stem Passion Flower) motif:
  • The Edisto Island Museum, Edisto Album Chintz Applique Spread, "Lowcountry Chintz: The Townsend/Pope Quilt Legacy", Uncoverings 2013, dated 1863 
  • The Alphretta Album Spread in Fig. 12 of Sharon Fulton Pinka, "Lowcountry Chintz: The Townsend/Pope Quilt Legacy," Uncoverings 34 (2013): 85, started c. 1860 and completed 1935 
  • Shelburne Museum, Chintz Floral Quilt Attributed to a Member of the Ridgley Family, Museum Object Number 10-145 (1954-492), The Art of the Needle: 100 Masterpiece Quilts from the Shelburne Museum, p. 14, Early 19th Century 




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