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Chintz fragments
late 18th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Three fragments from the same larger textile. Exotic flowering branches and scattered floral sprays in shades of violet, blue and red on a white ground. B. had one flower that matches a flower on A. and another flower which matches a flower on C.
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Details
- Title: Chintz fragments
- Date Created: late 18th century
- Location Created: India
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Medium: cotton Technique: black outline drawn on; mordants for 3 reds and 2 purples applied (sometimes over resist) by pen or brush; blue applied by brush over resist; yellow (over blue for green) applied by brush.
- Credit line: Gift of Josephine Howell
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