cover image: Chintz fragment

20.500.12592/2hs6s8

Chintz fragment

Research in Progress Portion of one end of a fabric showing blue heading and exotic flowers.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
18th century
Dates
18th century
Format
Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for 2 reds and purple applied by pen and brush; madder dyed; blue applied over resist; yellow applied by brush; chitnz on plain weave
Pages
H x W: 31.5 x 29.5 cm (12 3/8 x 11 5/8 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1973-51-47
Rights
Gift of Josephine Howell
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/9580ae96c73202acc25c930c3dbddf6f