cover image: Chintz fragments

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Chintz fragments

Research in Progress Component A is fragments sewn together as in French flag; red background, white background and blue background chintz. Direction of pattern changes. Component B is two pieces of blue background chintz sewn together.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
18th century
Dates
18th century
Format
Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for red, purple and black applied by pen or brush; blue applied over resist; on blue background chintz blue applied by immersion (chintz) on plain weave.
Pages
H x W x D (A - four pieces sewn together): 21.5 x 28 cm (8 7/16 x 11 in.) H x W x D (B - two pieces sewn together): 18.5 x 18 cm (7 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1973-51-3-a,b
Rights
Gift of Josephine Howell
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/4c4a5971fa902371071ac064fb7a03dc