Chintz
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A short encyclopedia entry defining chintz as a highly glazed printed cotton fabric with multicolored patterns on a white or light ground. It gives the word's Hindi, Bengali and Sanskrit origins and notes its use for bed hangings, and cross-references cretonne.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1922
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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