Floral Motifs on Early Chintz
Prunus avium or Prunus cerasus - Sweet or Sour Cherries 
 Prunus cerasus (Sour Cherries) by MmmCCC, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Prunus cerasus (Sour Cherries) (published as (Cerasus domestica) in Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Choix des plus belles fleurs :et des plus beaux fruits, plate 23, 1833
Prunus avium or Prunus cerasus (Sweet Cherries or Sour Cherries) from the Private Collection, French Georges Zipélius Basket of Fruit with Bird Printed Textile, 1830s-1840s
Common Name: Sweet Cherries, Wild Cherries, Gean, Mazzard, Massard, or Sour Cherries, Tart  Cherries, Dwarf Cherries, Wild Cherries
 
Description: Prunus avium or Prunus cerasus (Sweet Cherries or Sour Cherries, respectively) are a members of the Rose Family (Rosaceae). The Hortus Kewensis, ed. 2, vol. 3 list P. cerasus as native to England.  P. avium is native to Europe including the British Isles, northern Africa, and western Asia.

Quilts with the above Prunus avium or Prunus cerasus (Sweet Cherries or Sour Cherries) motif: 
 
  • None known at this time

Chintz with this Prunus avium or Prunus cerasus (Sweet Cherries or Sour Cherries) motif: 
 
  • Private Collection, French Georges Zipélius Basket of Fruit with Bird Printed Textile, 1830s-1840s
  • Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Printed Textile Designed by Georges Zipélius, Object Numbers 1969.3302.001, 1969.3302.002, 1969.3812.001, 1969.3812.002, 1969.3812.003, 1969.3812.004, 1830-1840


         Additional Prunus avium or Prunus cerasus (Sweet Cherries or Sour Cherries) Motifs:
 


Prunus avium or Prunus cerasus (Sweet Cherries or Sour Cherries) from the Private Collection, English Center Medallion Quilt with Fruit Basket Medallion, c.1825
Quilts with this Prunus avium or Prunus cerasus (Sweet Cherries or Sour Cherries) motif: 
 
  • Private Collection, English Center Medallion Quilt with Fruit Basket Medallion, c.1825
  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Petersburg Appliqued Quilt, made by the Boyle sisters, Object Number 1991-645, Four Centuries of Quilts: The Colonial Williamsburg Collection, p. 103, c. 1840
  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Appliqued Counterpane Made by Achsah Goodwin Wilkins and Unidentified Others, Museum Purchase, Object Number 2009.609.1, 1815-1830
  • Private Collection of Mrs. Adams-Coffyn, Appliqued Counterpane Made by Achsah Goodwin Wilkins and Unidentified Others, Dunton's Old Quilts, p 196, no date
  • Private Collection of Mrs.Lassovitch, Appliqued Counterpane Made by Achsah Goodwin Wilkins and Unidentified Others, Dunton's Old Quilts, p 189, no date
  • Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Glenn,  Appliqued Counterpane Made by Achsah Goodwin Wilkins and Unidentified Others, Dunton's Old Quilts, p 184, no date.
  • Private Collection of Miss Eleanor R. Thompson,  Appliqued Counterpane Made by Achsah Goodwin Wilkins and Unidentified Others, Dunton's Old Quilts, p 186, no date.
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Chintz Applique Counterpane Made by Achsah Goodwin Wilkins and Unidentified Others, Object Number 2014.5, Eye on Elegance, p. 65, c. 1820
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Floral Roundels Medallion Quilt, probably made by a member of the Adams or Boyce family, Object Number 83.33, Historic Quilts of the DAR Museum, pp. 38-39, appliqued c.1815-1825, quilted c.1870
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Framed Medallion Quilt, made by a member of the Gillam family, Object Number 87.10,  Historic Quilts of the DAR Museum, p. 41, c. 1825-1835
  • Royal Ontario Museum, English Quilt Made in Yorkshire, 300 Years of Canada's Quilts, p. 27, c. 1815
  • International Quilt Study Center and Museum, Ardis and Robert James Collection, Medallion Quilt with Fruit Basket Center Medallion, Object Number 2006.003.0002, Chintz Applique: from Imitation to Icon, Plate 10, 1830-1850

Chintz with this Prunus avium or Prunus cerasus (Sweet Cherries or Sour Cherries) motif: 
 
  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Printed Textile Square, Object Number 1974-550, c. 1815
  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Printed Textile Intended for Quilt Square, Object Number 1974-551,1, c. 1815
  • Panel 5 in Appendix I of Merikay Waldvogel, "Printed Panels for Chintz Quilts: Their Origin and Use," Uncoverings 34 (2013): 124
Also, check out the May 7, May 21, June 5, and June 20, 2019 Chintz Panels in Quilts blogs  (https://chintzpanelquilt.blogspot.com/2019/05/) (https://chintzpanelquilt.blogspot.com/2019/06/) by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman for several pictures, citations,  and more information about the printed panel on which this motif occurs.
             More Prunus avium or Prunus cerasus (Sweet Cherries or Sour Cherries) Motifs
                                                        (No pictures at this time)



Quilts with a different Prunus avium or Prunus cerasus (Sweet Cherries or Sour Cherries) motif: 
 
  • None known at this time

Chintz each with a different Prunus avium or Prunus cerasus (Sweet Cherries or Sour Cherries) motif: 
  
  • Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Printed Textile in the Style of Georges Zipélius, Object Numbers 1969.3304, 1969.3816, 1830-1835
  • Private Collection of Carolyn Gwathmey Jones, Pieced Quilt Top Made by Catherine Tompkins, Quilts of Virginia 1607- 1899: The Birth of America Through the Eye of a Needle, p. 29, c. 1819




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