Chintz: Indian Textiles for the West [Hardcover]

Rosemary Crill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2008

Over the past hundred years, “chintz” has come to mean any floral printed furnishing fabric, usually made of cotton, and often glazed. Its origins as a hand-drawn and dyed fabric from India are often forgotten, but it is with these rare earlier chintzes that this book is concerned. This stunning album explores in detail the background and development of this beautiful technique and looks at the use of chintz in Europe from the early seventeenth century to the mid-nineteenth century, first as bed curtains and wall hangings and later for popular men’s and women’s fashions. The Victoria and Albert Museum’s collection, published for the first time in glorious color and including close-up details, will interest interior designers, textile students, and those involved in fashion.

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About the Author

Rosemary Crill is senior curator in the V&A's Asian Department. She is joint editor of Dress in Detail from Around the WorldIndian Embroidery and Indian Ikat Textiles.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: V & A Publishing (February 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8189995154
• ISBN-13: 978-8189995157
• ASIN: 1851775323
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #403,995 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars poor colour reproduction, April 6, 2008

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Could have been a glorious book but let down by the colour reproductions.I have seen many of these fabrics and quilts and the book does not do them justice.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful images, October 20, 2008

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This catalogue of the Indian painted and resist-dyed cotton textiles from the V&A collection is a great source of basic factual information about these wonderful fabrics made for export to Europe and South-East Asia. Moreover, it is accompanied by a wealth of beautiful images containing wonderful overall views of fabrics as well as detailed images of individual pieces. For easy reference, all images have short captions whose more detailed versions are represented by the catalogue entries preceding the illustrated section of the catalogue.