cover image: Chintz fragments

Chintz fragments

Research in Progress Floral stripe at left; chevron stripe in the middle; floral medallions at right. A painted adaption of a European block printed cotton.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
1750–1800
Dates
1750–1800
Format
Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for 3 reds, 2 purples and black applied by pen and brush; madder dyed; blue applied by immersion over resist; yellow applied by brush; chintz on plain weave
Pages
Warp x Weft (a): 28.5 x 30.5 cm (11 1/4 x 12 in.) Warp x Weft (b): 47.5 x 14 cm (18 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.) Repeat H (b only): 31.8 cm (12 1/2 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1973-51-64-a/c
Rights
Gift of Josephine Howell
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/480308b721769feff38ac26d52fe333f