Length of cotton

Unknown artist

Eighteenth-century European silk designs spawned imitations and interpretations in India and China. Indian textile makers created chintzes for the Western European market with precisely drawn patterns based on European silk designs. This one, based on European "bizarre" silks, is more loosely drawn. It may have been intended for either the Southeast Asian or the Dutch Indonesian market. However, chintzes imitating European silks in a loosely drawn style did make their way to Europe, where they were made into both secular garments and religious vestments.