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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether you love it or loathe it, this historic textile isn’t going anywhere soon. “Chintz is a lovely painted or printed cloth ...

Chintz, which originated in India, is a glazed cotton painted with florals. Once associated with fashion, today it’s a decor staple that’s perfect for any room in your home. The power of a feminine ...

He has spent a lifetime collecting textiles from around the world in an effort to spotlight the overlooked makers behind abstract masterpieces he believes “the Western art movement has always ...

Need an injection of joy? Bring in the chintz! By Lia Picard Paige Minear gets a thrill from frills. In the style blogger’s Atlanta home, a ruffled skirt with a green bow print adorns a bedroom vanity ...

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 ...

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) ...

No one was expecting this—chintz florals are back in style just in time for spring! The beauty of this elegant print lies in how it captures flowers in such unique and captivating forms. From ...

The last time that chintz entered the national consciousness was for the wrong reason – it was so last season. We're talking about that 1996 Ikea 'chuck out your chintz' TV ad, in which the neighbours ...