Floral Motifs on Early Chintz
Artocarpus altilis - Breadfruit
Artocarpus altilis (Breadfruit) from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Copperplate Printed Cotton, Museum Purchase, 1951-364, 1, 1774-1811
Artocarpus altilis (Breadfruit)  by Sarang, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Artocarpus altilis (Breadfruit) (published as Radermachia incisa) from Lukas Hochenleitter und Kompagnie, Plantarum indigenarum et exoticarum icones ad vivum coloratae, oder, Sammlung nach der Natur gemalter Abbildungen inn- und ausländlischer Pflanzen, für Liebhaber und Beflissene der Botanik, vol. 3, plate 5, 1790
Common Names: Breadfruit, Bread-fruit
 
Description: Artocarpus altilis (Breadfruit) is a member of the mulberry and jackfruit family (Moraceae). The Hortus Kewensis, ed. 2, vol. 5 recorded this native of the South Seas was intrroduced in Britain in 1793.


Quilts with this Artocarpus altilis (Breadfruit) motif: 
  • None known at this time 

Chintz with this Artocarpus altilis (Breadfruit) motif: 
  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Copperplate Printed Cotton, Museum Purchase, Object Numbers 1951-364,1 and 1951-364,2, 1774-1811


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Quilts with this Artocarpus altilis (Breadfruit) motif: 
  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Roller-Printed Cotton with Birds, Object Number 1964-414, c. 1815

Chintz with this Artocarpus altilis (Breadfruit) motif: 
  • None known at this time 


  


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