Floral Motifs on Early Chintz
Anemone coronaria - Poppy Anemone
Anemone coronaria - Poppy Anemone growing in a modern garden.
Anemone coronaria - Poppy Anemone from Private Collection, Broderie Perse Bed Set, c. 1840.
Anemone coronaria - Poppy Anemone (published as Anemone tenuifolia) Basilius Bessler, Hortus Eystettensis, vol. 1: Primus ordo collectarum plantarum vernalium, t. 34, fig. III, 1620.
Common Names: Poppy Anemone, Single Anemone
 
Description: Anemone coronaria (Poppy Anemone) is a member of the Buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). The Hortus Kewensis, ed. 2, vol. 3 lists this plant, native of the Levant, as introduced to cultivation in Britain in 1596.  

Quilts with the above Anemone coronaria (Poppy Anemone) motif: 
 
  • None known at this time

Chintz with this Anemone coronaria (Poppy Anemone) motif: 
 
  • Private Collection, Broderie Perse Bed Set, c. 1840

                                       Additional Anemone coronaria (Poppy Anemone) Motifs
Victioria and Albert Museum, Furnishing Fabric, c. 1850
Quilts with the above Anemone coronaria (Poppy Anemone) motif: 
 
  • None known at this time

Chintz with this Anemone coronaria (Poppy Anemone) motif: 
 
  • Victioria and Albert Museum, Furnishing Fabric, Accession Number T.7-1933, c, 1850

                                          More Anemone coronaria (Poppy Anemone) Motifs

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Quilts with a different Anemone coronaria (Poppy Anemone) motif: 
 
  • None known at this time

Chintz with a different Anemone coronaria (Poppy Anemone) motif: 
 
  • The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Copperplate Furniture Textile Printed by Nixon & Co., Number 1996.3889.003, 1750-60s




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