cover image: Chintz fragments

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Chintz fragments

Research in Progress Three fragments of flowers and stems on a white ground.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
mid
Dates
mid-18th century
Format
Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for 2 reds, 2 purples and black applied over resist by brush and pen; madder dyed; blue applied by immersion over resist; yellow applied by brush; chintz on plain weave
Pages
H x W (a): 11 x 40 cm (4 5/16 x 15 3/4 in.) H x W (b): 11 x 23 cm (4 5/16 x 9 1/16 in.) H x W (c): 7.5 x 7 cm (2 15/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1973-51-65-a/c
Rights
Gift of Josephine Howell
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/b895fc94c75274dd3c542d34f10470e6