cover image: Chintz fragment

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Chintz fragment

Research in Progress Fragment showing exotic flowers on blue stems.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
18th century
Dates
18th century
Format
Medium: cotton Technique: outline of pattern drawn on; mordants for 2 reds and 2 purples applied by pen or brush (sometimes over resist); madder dyed; blue applied by immersion over resist; chintz on plain weave
Pages
Warp x Weft: 64 x 24 cm (25 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1973-51-40
Rights
Gift of Josephine Howell
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/c508da565889b416d94392d795394760