#chintz

[vintagehomecollection]

The naive mural of a beach scene in this Connecticut bathroom was hand-painted by Charlie Mackesy, a twenty-two-year-old English artist. The result was a delightful room of little vistas, masterfully designed by Hethea Nye and Ralph Harvard. Two tortoise mirrors, one a French Regency piece from about 1820, the other a three-way dressing mirror from England, fill the wall.

Interior Visions: Great American Designers and the Showcase House, 1988

[fashionsfromhistory]

Wentke (Gown)

Mid 18th Century

The Netherlands

Women in Hindeloopen, a town in the northern Netherlandish province of Friesland, traditionally wore this type of striking lightweight coat, called a wentke, on special occasions. Beginning in the mid-eighteenth century, wentkes were usually made of boldly patterned Indian chintzes, and contrary to the custom in the rest of Europe of confining chintz to casual and private occasions, residents of Hindeloopen elevated this exotic fabric to a formal status. The wentke was often worn with other garments of Indian cotton. (The MET)

Peabody Essex Museum (Object Number: 2012.22.15)

[thesixthduke]

[tanuki-kimono]

Gorgeous purple ground for this irotomesode showing a sedge of heron taking flight. The ground is woven with discreet yukiwa (stylized snowflake).

OP paired it with a sarasa (calico) obi depicting a boat in a scenery of Persian inspiration.

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Chintz purse, 1780.

[endreal]

[skin-bible]

[theholytaint]

she nickel on my pickle till i fickle

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Beige Chintz Dress, ca. 1780, Dutch.

Victoria and Albert Museum.

[vintagehomecollection]

The Englishwoman’s Bedroom, 1985

[fashionsfromhistory]

Robe à l’anglaise

c.1783

England; Fabric exported from India

Royal Ontario Museum (Object number: 969.85.5)

[thesixthduke]

[tanuki-kimono]

Lovely modern yukata by Furifu, with a large botan (peony) on left sleeve, over a sarasa (ancient calico) inspired ground

Furifu also released a red version:

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Chintz curtain panel, 1930.

[ancestorsalive]

Author: Helene Cincebeaux

"Moravian Slovak wedding apron; satin stitch embroidery on batik chintz, made about 1920 possibly in Milotice near Kyjov. My great aunt said it took a whole winter to make such an apron; she said they made a sketch on paper and then just started embroidering. Each one is a masterpiece made by village women who were true artists - bringing the flowers of their garden to bloom on their aprons all year long. The white band is intricately embroidered and I love that nothing has to match - they just tossed in what felt right!"

[prettyvintagehouse]