cover image: Valance

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Valance

Scalloped valence with one seam. Chintz fabric features pineapples and exotic botanicals in brown, purple, greens, yellow, pink and red on a white ground.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
18th century
Dates
18th century
Format
Medium: cotton Technique: mordant painted and dyed and resist dyed (chintz) on plain weave Label: mordant painted and dyed and hand-painted cotton (chintz)
Pages
H x W: 50.2 × 83.2 cm (19 3/4 × 32 3/4 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1973-51-61
Rights
Gift of Josephine Howell
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/c4676a2b28fb59ba47029f95cc11f8ae