IRWIN, JOHN & KATHARINE B. BRETT: ORIGINS OF CHINTZ, WITH A CATALOGUE OF INDO-EUROPEAN COTTON-PAINTINGS IN THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, LONDON, AND THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM, TORONTO. London, H.M.S.O., 1970. 31 by 22 cm. viii, 132, [2] pp., pp. 133-6 + 164 plates (8 in colour). 2 maps and 57 illustrations in the text. ¶ First edition. Includes bibliography (p. 59-63) and index.
"The definitive work on Indo-European cotton-paintings. The text of 7 chapters treats the significance of chintz, the trade, technique and manufacture, designs, furnishing fabrics, and costume. ... Detailed catalogue of examples from the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Royal Ontario Museum. Precise documentation"(Arntzen & Rainwater). Arntzen & Rainwater, P679. Ehresmann 2265.Publisher's cloth, dust-jacket.
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