cover image: Chintz fragment

20.500.12592/s6p5hj

Chintz fragment

Research in Progress Fragment of a larger panel showing figures in Asian-style dress.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
18th century
Dates
18th century
Format
Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for black, 2 reds and 2 purples applied by brush and pen; madder dyed; blue applied over resist by immersion; yellow applied by brush; chintz on plain weave
Pages
Warp x Weft: 37 x 51 cm (14 9/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1973-51-26
Rights
Gift of Josephine Howell
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/52dc26358ed3a5101b81183b286c56e2