cover image: Chintz fragments

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Chintz fragments

Research in Progress Floral design with large exotic blooms in reds and blue, on a black speckled ground.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
18th century
Dates
18th century
Format
Medium: cotton Technique: mordant painted and dyed; blue applied by brush over resist; yellow applied by brush; chintz on plain weave
Pages
H x W (a): 48.5 x 25.4 cm (19 1/8 in. x 10 in.) H x W (b): 22.9 x 21 cm (9 in. x 8 1/4 in.) H x W (c): 22.2 x 17.5 cm (8 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.) H x W (d): 21.6 x 17.1 cm (8 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.) H x W (e): 25.4 x 12 cm (10 in. x 4 3/4 in.) H x W (f): 17.8 x 9.5 cm (7 in. x 3 3/4 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1973-51-13-a/f
Rights
Gift of Josephine Howell
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/0157cd256d0c0b62b3bf05c823de25a2