Chintz fabric from Coromandel Coast, India

Quilted chintz palampore, maker unknown,
Coromandel Coast, India, about 1700-50
V&A


Chintz was originally a woodblock printed, painted or stained
calico produced in India from 1600 to 1800 and popular for
bed covers, quilts and draperies. Around 1600, Portuguese
and Dutch traders were bringing examples of Indian chintz
into Europe. These early fabrics were extremely expensive
and rare. By 1680 more than a million pieces of chintz were
being imported into England per year, and a similar quantity
was going to France and Holland. With imported chintz
becoming so popular with Europeans during the late 17th
century, French and English mills grew concerned, as they
could not make chintz. In 1686 the French declared a ban
on all chintz imports. In 1720 England's Parliament enacted
a law that forbade 'the Use and Warings in Apparel of
imported chintz, and also its use or Wear in or about any
Be d, Chair, Cushion or other Household furniture'.
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Chintz from the Coromandel Coast, India, ca. 1710–1725
V&A, via

Fort St. George, Coromandel Coast, India.
Coloured Engraving by I Van Ryne, 1794
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Caraco (Jacket) and petticoat
Designer unknown, ca. 1770-80
Coromandel Coast, India (fabric),
England (tailored)
V&A

French Robes à la Polonaise ca. 1778-80
The Met

Different types of hand painted, hand wown and dyed cotton
from the from Coromandel Coast, India, 18-19th century.

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