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Definition of Chintz
1. Noun. A brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric.
Definition of Chintz
1. n. Cotton cloth, printed with flowers and other devices, in a number of different colors, and often glazed.
Definition of Chintz
1. Noun. A painted or stained calico fabric, originally produced in India, and known for its brightly colored designs ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chintz
1. a cotton fabric [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chintz
Literary usage of Chintz
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pleasures of Collecting by Gardner Callahan Teall (1920)
"CHAPTER VI chintz chintz has been called the tapisserie d'Au- busson of the ...
Originally the word "chintz" was applied to the printed cotton fabric from ..."
2. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of by Great Exhibition (1851)
"A butterfly chintz muslin, displaying a combination of permanent colours. 2.
A rose trail chintz muslin, in permanent colours, in three varieties of ground. ..."
3. The Art of Interior Decoration by Grace Wood, Emily Burbank (1919)
"Say, the prevailing note of your chintz. Have two rolls made, to use at the head
and foot (which are now of equal height) and cover these and the bed with ..."
4. Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture by Arthur Hayden (1912)
"CHAPTER XI OLD ENGLISH chintzES BY HUGH PHILLIPS The charm of old English
chintz—Huguenot cloth- printers settle in England—Jacob Stamps at the sign of the ..."
5. The House in Good Taste by Elsie De Wolfe (1914)
"VII OF DOORS, AND WINDOWS, AND chintz WHAT a sense of intimacy, of security,
encompasses one when ushered into a living room in which the door opens and ..."
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