cover image: Chintz border

20.500.12592/3q72w1

Chintz border

Research in Progress Portion of a border showing a peacock-like bird and an enormous flower.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
ca. 1800
Dates
ca. 1800
Format
Medium: cotton Technique: mordant for 2 reds, black and purple applied over resist; madder dyed; blue applied by immersion over resist; yellow applied over blue for green; chintz on plain weave
Pages
H x W: 26 x 48 cm (10 1/4 x 18 7/8 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1973-51-36
Rights
Gift of Josephine Howell
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/66239337dd65d877f28b6c5823d3bf4e