Floral Motifs on Early Chintz
Kigelia africana - Sausage Tree
Kigelia africana (Sausage Tree) from Achille Richard, Tentamen florae Abyssinicae, Atlas, vol. 2, plate 75, 1851
Kigelia africana (Sausage Tree) from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Four Parts of the World, Designed by Jean-Baptiste Huet, Manufactured by the Oberkampf Manufactory, Gift of Estate of James Hazen Hyde, 1959, c. 1788
Kigelia africana (Sausage Tree) from the McKee Jungle Gardens in Vero Beach, Florida courtesy of Florida Memory, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Common Names:  Sausage Tree, African Sausage Tree, Cucumber Tree

Description: Kigelia africana (Sausage Tree) is a member of the Pandanus Family (Bignoniaceae). The Hortus Kewensis does not mention it but Kigelia africana is native to tropical Africa. 


Quilts with this Kigelia africana (Sausage Tree)  motif: 
  • None known at this time

Toile with this Kigelia africana (Sausage Tree)  motif: 
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, Four Parts of the World, Designed by Jean-Baptiste Huet, Manufactured by the Oberkampf Manufactory, Accession Number 59.208.87, c. 1788
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Les Quatre Parties du Monde (The Four Continents), Accession Number 622-1897, Toiles de Jouy, Classic Les toiles imprimees en France de 1760 a 1830 (London: V&A Publishing, 2010), pp. 102-3, 1792-1794.
Additional Kigelia africana (Sausage Tree) Motifs
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Les monuments d'Égypte, Designed by Jean-Baptiste Huet, Manufactured by the Oberkampf Manufactory, Museum Purchase, c.1808 
Quilts with this Kigelia africana (Sausage Tree)  motif: 
  • None known at this time

Toile with this Kigelia africana (Sausage Tree)  motif: 
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, Les monuments d'Égypte, Designed by Jean-Baptiste Huet, Manufactured by the Oberkampf Manufactory, Accession Number X.404, c.1808
  • Jouy-en-Josas, Musée de la Toile de Jouy, Les monuments d'Égypte (Monuments of Egypt) Inv.982.44,on loan from the Musée d'impression sur étoffes, c.1808
  • Brooklyn Museum, Les monuments d'Égypte, accession number 82.106.10, c. 1808
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art, Egyptian Monuments (Les monuments d'Égypte), accession number 40.23.43, 19th century (this version is red images on a yellow background)
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Les monuments d'Égypte (The Monuments of Egypt), reference number 1976.89, made 1800-1816
There was also a 21st century reproduction of this fabric for sale when this page was created.  (Pierre Frey, B1818001 Monuments d'Égypte) 
 
Victoria and Albert Museum, Furnishing Fabric Paul et Virginie, 1802 (made)
Quilts with this Kigelia africana (Sausage Tree)  motif: 
  • None known at this time

Toile with this Kigelia africana (Sausage Tree)  motif: 
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Furnishing Fabric Paul et Virginie, Object Number T.27-1967, 1802 (made)
  • Musée de la Toile de Jouy, curtain of roller print on cotton Paul et Virginie, Inv. 982.22a, c. 1802
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art, Paul and Virginie, Object Number 1937-11-77a, 1802



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