Floral Motifs on Early Chintz
Wisteria sp. - Wisteria
Wisteria sp. (Wisteria) from the Edisto Island Museum, Edisto Album Chintz Applique Spread, dated 1863. Photo courtesy of Edisto Island Museum.
Wisteria sinensis (Wisteria) (as Glycine sinensis) from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, vol. 46: t. 2083, 1819
Wisteria sinensis (Wisteria) growing in modern garden.
Common Names: Wisteria, Wistaria, Wysteria 
 
Description: Wisteria sp. (Wisteria) is a member of the Legume Family (Fabaceae). The Hortus Kewensis does not list this plant but the description in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, vol. 46: t. 2083, 1819 describes an example of Wisteria sinensis being being grown in England in 1816. 
 
Quilts with this Wisteria sp. (Wisteria) motif: 
 
  • The Edisto Island Museum, Edisto Album Chintz Applique Spread, "Lowcountry Chintz: The Townsend/Pope Quilt Legacy", Uncoverings 34 (2013): 84, dated 1863 
  • The Alphretta Album Spread in Fig. 12 of Sharon Fulton Pinka, "Lowcountry Chintz: The Townsend/Pope Quilt Legacy," Uncoverings 34 (2013): 85 
 
Chintz with this Wisteria sp. (Wisteria) motif: 
 
  • None known at this time 





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