Floral Motifs on Early Chintz
Paeonia suffruticosa - Tree Peony
Paeonia suffruticosa (Tree Peony) from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, vol. 29, plate 1154, 1809
Paeonia suffruticosa (Tree Peony) from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Phebe Warner Coverlet, c. 1803
Paeonia suffruticosa (Tree Peony) photo byJebulon / CC0
Common Names:  Tree Peony, Tree Paeony, Chinese Tree Peony, Moutan, Moutan Tree Peony

Description: Paeonia suffruticosa (Tree Peony) is a member of the Peony Family (Paeoniaceae).  The Hortus Kewensis, ed. 2, vol. 3 recorded that this native of China was introduced into cultivation in Britain in 1789. 

Quilts with this Paeonia suffruticosa (Tree Peony): 
  
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, Phebe Warner Coverlet, Accession Number 38.59, American Quilts and Coverlets in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, p.16, c. 1803
  • Owned  by Edward Harris on loan to the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Audubon Tree of Life Quilt, Object Number 96.69, Historic Quilts of the DAR Museum, p.42, c. 1820
  • Ardis and Robert James Collection, Internation Quilt Museum, Medallion Quilt, Object Number 1997.007.0688, Chintz Applique: from Imitation to Icon, Plate 23, c. 1810-1830

 
Printed cotton with this Paeonia suffruticosa (Tree Peony): 
 
  • Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Needlework Picture (Applique Quilt Center), Object Number 1959.1497 A, Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection, p. 53, 1800-1820
Another Paeonia suffruticosa (Tree Peony) motif from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Phebe Warner Coverlet, c. 1803
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Quilts with a different Paeonia suffruticosa (Tree Peony) motif:  
  • None known at this time


Chintz with a different Paeonia suffruticosa (Tree Peony) motif:
  • Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Printed Textile, Object Numbers 1969.3907 and 1969.3174, Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens, 1700-1850, p. 209, c. 1770


© Updated 4/19/2020    Author:  Terry Terrell