Sentences with phrase «century chintz»

This lovely panel of tiles is adapted from an 18th century Chintz wall hanging from India.

Not exact matches

Cotton chintz had risen in popularity throughout the century in Britain, and was a fashionable choice on that side of the Channel by the 1780s.

Each of the hotel's 91 oversized guest rooms are elegantly appointed with Italian marble, chintz fabrics, detailed millwork and classical furnishings, including chaise lounges and 19th century four poster beds.

These were highly skilled but not academic practitioners who purveyed the English country house look: apparently low key, chintz - dominated, with the judicious inclusion of historic (and scarcely ever Victorian or 20th - century) pieces.

For example, the source of his recent works, «Figure 1.1 (Raghu Bhai)» and «Figure 1.2 (Norbai Badhiya)», which were created on a computer - controlled Jacquard loom, was an 18th century Indian chintz from the collection of the Calico Museum in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

The craze for Indian Chintz caused Spitalfields weavers to protest in 1719, and a century later the restrictions on imports devastated India's textile industry.

Later they returned during the 19th century Celtic Revival Movement, and the influential 20th century Art Nouveau movement: notably in book - covers, textile, wallpaper and chintz designs by the likes of William Morris (1834 - 96) and Arthur Mackmurdo (1851 - 1942).