Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chintz, which originated in India, is a glazed cotton painted with florals. Once associated with fashion, today it’s a decor ...

It’s spring, and the flowers are blooming. The fashion magazines say that overall-flower prints are the thing to wear this year. So why not “dress” your table in vintage flower-decorated dishes? From ...

You’ve probably encountered the multicolored, lively cotton fabrics known as chintz at some point, and your response likely veered toward one of two very different feelings. The eye-catching South ...

Before chintz became the print we loved, then loved to hate, and now, perhaps, love again, it began simply in the early 1600s as a glazed Calico (a type of cotton originally from Calicut in India) ...

It originated in India, and came to dominate Western interiors and fashion. Joobin Bekhrad traces the fascinating – and turbulent – history of all things ‘chintzy’. In a letter to her sister penned in ...

Chintz has been making a comeback after decades of banishment. Once a standard in interior design, especially for upholstery and drapes, this glazed fabric usually featured floral prints on a ...

The Silk Route was a network of ancient trade routes that connected China, India, Central Asia and the Mediterranean. It ...

Far from a chance encounter, chintz is back on the scene. Even the name has a lovely ring to it. Chintzy, ritzy, she’s the grand old dame of florals and vintage furnishings – and very much in vogue.

Appraisal: English Chintz Somerset Pattern Tea Service, from Chicago. Watch Matthew C. Quinn's appraisal of English Chintz Somerset Pattern Tea Service, in Chicago. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is ...