cover image: Chintz fragments

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Chintz fragments

Research in Progress Three fragments of a floral spray on a speckled red ground. Component C may come from a different piece.
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 2 purples applied over resist by pen and brush; madder dyed; blue applied over resist by immersion; yellow applied by brush over blue; chintz on plain weave
Pages
H x W (a): 45 x 31.5 cm (17 11/16 x 12 3/8 in.) H x W (b): 33.5 x 24 cm (13 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.) H x W (c): 9 x 24 cm (3 9/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1973-51-62-a/c
Rights
Gift of Josephine Howell
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/b3af22eb255338728584565d4b4ed36e