cover image: Chintz fragment

20.500.12592/q4d4qd

Chintz fragment

Research in Progress Design of curving vine alternate with overlapping mounds.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
late 18th century
Dates
late 18th century
Format
Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for red (over resist) gray, purple and black applied by pen or brush; madder dyed; blue applied by immersion over resist, (chintz) on plain weave
Pages
H x W: 6 x 13.5 cm (2 3/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1973-51-4
Rights
Gift of Josephine Howell
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/492383e0c58ca0aa2a7dd93abe46aa81