cover image: Chintz fragments

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Chintz fragments

Research in Progress Three strips which were originally part of a large bordered panel. Parts of medallions on a red ground.
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 brown applied by pen and brush; blue applied by brush over resist; speckled effect made by mixing a red mordant with another substance; chintz on plain weave Painted
Pages
Warp x Weft (a): 11.5 x 83 cm (4 1/2 x 32 11/16 in.) Warp x Weft (b): 11 x 74.5 cm (4 5/16 x 29 5/16 in.) Warp x Weft (c): 10 x 22 cm (3 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1973-51-24-a/c
Rights
Gift of Josephine Howell
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/08624d8c876a4df4c1e2f8c9b9493043