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Picea abies - European Spruce

Picea abies (European Spruce) detail from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Penn's Treaty with Indians, c. 1788

Picea abies (European Spruce) photo by James St. John, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Picea abies (European Spruce) from Pierre Jean François Turpin Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles Planches Botanique, vol. 3, folio 2, 1816-1829

Common Names: European Spruce, Norway Spruce

Description: Picea abies (European Spruce) is a member of the Pine Family (Pinaceae). The Hortus Kewensis does not list it but it is native to western Europe.

Quilts with this Picea abies (European Spruce) motif:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Quilt, British, Object Number 25.197, Gift of Mrs. Benjamin Arthur Aycrigg, 1925, c. 1788

Toiles with this Picea abies (European Spruce) motif:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Penn's Treaty with Indians, Accession Number 13.69.37, c. 1788

Additional Picea abies (European Spruce)Motifs

Picea abies (European Spruce) from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Printed Textile Document, Museum Purchase, 1770-1780

Toile with this Picea abies (European Spruce) motif:

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Printed Textile Document, The Four Seasons, Object Number 1963-72, 1770-1780
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Museum, Textile, The Four Seasons, England, Bequest of Elinor Merrell, Accession Number1995-50-110, 1770-1780

Picea abies (European Spruce) from the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Museum, Textile, The Four Seasons, England, Accession Number 1984-123-1, dated 1770

Toile with this Picea abies (European Spruce) motif:

Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Museum, Textile, The Four Seasons, England, Accession Number1984-123-1, dated 1770

Picea abies (European Spruce) from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Furnishing Fabric, The Four Continents, English, c. 1785

Toile with this Picea abies (European Spruce) motif:

Victoria and Albert Museum, Furnishing Fabric, The Four Continents, England, Accession Number T.1-1935, c. 1835

Picea abies (European Spruce) from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Furnishing Fabric, English, c. 1790 (made)

Toile with this Picea abies (European Spruce) motif:

Victoria and Albert Museum, Furnishing Fabric, English, Accession Number T.55-1956, c. 1790 (made)

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