Chintz

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Curving lace and flowers on a yellow ground.
Credit Line
Gift of Josephine Howell
18th century
Accession Number
1973-51-57
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
printed, dyed & painted textiles
Chintz
Medium
Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for 3 reds and black applied by pen and brush; madder dyed; 2 blues applied by brush over resist; yellow applied by immersion over resist; madder in orange stripe applied by block; chintz on plain weave
Dimensions
Warp x Weft: 34 x 57 cm (13 3/8 x 22 7/16 in.)
made in
India
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Record ID
chndm_1973-51-57
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq48de68710-5f82-4ddd-b010-740a06c0733a
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