cover image: Chintz

Chintz

Research in Progress Elaborate curving vine from which flowers spring. Small birds and insects.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
18th century
Dates
18th century
Format
Medium: cotton Technique: mordants (black, 2 reds, brown & purple) and dye applied by brush; blue painted over a resist; chintz on plain weave
Pages
Warp x Weft: 79 x 61 cm (31 1/8 x 24 in.) Repeat H x W: 83.8 x 47.6 cm (33 x 18 3/4 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1973-51-69
Rights
Gift of Josephine Howell
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/bb079357a3e93471884688b9f51e2b81