cover image: Chintz

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Chintz

Research in Progress Curving lace and flowers on a yellow ground.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
18th century
Dates
18th century
Format
Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for 3 reds and black applied by pen and brush; madder dyed; 2 blues applied by brush over resist; yellow applied by immersion over resist; madder in orange stripe applied by block; chintz on plain weave
Pages
Warp x Weft: 34 x 57 cm (13 3/8 x 22 7/16 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1973-51-57
Rights
Gift of Josephine Howell
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/86dada4688f5c9872fdb9b19b3e36392