Well, anyhow it comes to this, that it must be Thursday in next week at least, before you can go to town again, and until we have decided upon the chintzes it is impossible to settle upon one single other thing.
I am almost inclined to be glad that you were so--that you forgot the chintzes on Monday.
India chintzes were printed upon white or tinted grounds of hand-spun cotton, in colors so generously full of substance as to have almost the effect of brocaded stuffs, and adaptations from their designs were suitable for embroidery.
It was at this time that the gay chintzes and printed cottons, of which so many admirable and inexpensive reproductions can be purchased at the present day, came into vogue.
Chintzes appear to have been first produced in England by a foreign settlement in Richmond, Surrey, early in the eighteenth century.
In examining his own collection the author has spent many a pleasant hour, for these gaily coloured chintzes are among the most articulate relics which have come down to us.
Among the many varieties of chintzes which we find at this date the most prominent are the Gothic and Chinese designs to suit the current taste in furniture, and the exotic bird patterns, which are perhaps the finest of all.
The present chapter has been added with perhaps some justification, since it seemed to the writer that such a subject as old English chintzes might appropriately take its place beside the equally homely craft of the rural cabinet-maker.
Settling in and about London, the refugees peaceably recommenced their work, and soon the weaving of silks in Spitalfields and the printing of chintzes in Richmond, Bow, and Old Ford became a source of great prosperity to this country.
On one occasion, in 1719, they went from Spitalfields to Westminster and protested against the popularity of chintzes and suggested that their use be forbidden.
One of these charming exotic bird chintzes is illustrated on p.
In connexion with farmhouse furniture, old chintzes is a subject never before written upon.
In the heyday of its fame the fabric was exceedingly fashionable amongst the richest persons, and there are abundant records of the popularity of old English chintzes upon the Continent.
One need not pursue the history of chintzes further, for to do so would entail a discussion of modern methods.
Here we see in a most lucid manner the process by which chintzes were produced in the time of James II.
A far better arrangement, in my opinion, would be to increase their allowance of flannel and under clothing, and give them dark chintzes instead of these thick carpets, which are very often the only covering they wear at all.
The Dutch chintzes I should say were extraordinary cheap and fine; but I would be ashamed to set down what I paid for stockings to her.
Many wall-papers and chintzes of the present day represent loose branches of flowers scattered on a plain surface, with no more relation to each other or to their background than so many real flowers fixed at random against the wall.
And if you'll tell Mr. Broxby to send us his chintzes to-morrow morning, we can look at them.
The drawing-room was dressed out in its green summer chintzesthat shone and crackled with glaze.
The big pink roses of thechintzes and the gold bordered bowls of the black mirrors looked at you rememberingly.
The chintzes Poppy had come upon with great joy in one of the local shops: ivory-white with green ivy leaves scattered over them--a great relief from the everlasting pink roses of the usual chintz.
In the year 1680 they mobbed the India House in revenge for some large importations then made of the chintzes of Malabar.
The madder style, to which the best chintzes belong, in which the mordants are applied to the white cloth with many precautions, and the colours are afterwards brought up in the dye-bath.
The chintzes must be appropriate to the uses of the room, well designed, in scale with the height of the ceilings, and so forth.
The color illustrations of this book will give you a very good idea of how I use chintzes and painted furniture.
Ten years ago it was almost impossible to find a well-designed cretonne; the beautiful chintzes as we know them were unknown.
In a small sitting-room in an uptown house, an illustration of which is shown, I had a day bed made of white wood that was painted to match the chintzes of the room.
The dressing-tables were always painted to harmonize with the chintzes or the furniture.
Use chintzes in your apartment, if you wish, but do not risk the light ones in living-rooms.
In another room in this building where many chintzes and fabrics were used, I painted the woodwork white and the walls a soft cream color.
Many of the newerchintzes have dark grounds of blue, mauve, maroon or gray, and a still more recent chintz has a black ground with fantastic designs of the most delightful colorings.
Old-time chintzes were usually very narrow, and light in ground, but the modern chintz is forty or fifty inches wide, with a ground of neutral tone that gives it distinction, and defies dust.
How much better to have plain furniture that is comfortable, simple chintzes printed from old blocks, a few good prints, than all the sham things in the world?
Of course, chintzes in rooms that will have hard wear should be carefully selected.
Hat stands and bags are covered with the same chintzes employed in the dressing-room proper.
The most satisfactory of all chintzes is the Toile de Jouy.
My greatest difficulty in introducing chintzes here was to convert women who loved their plush and satin draperies to a simpler fabric.
It was a delightful little place, bright with clean chintzes and a carpet of pastel blue.
The chintzes used are in vivid orange, yellow and green, in a stunning design; the wicker chairs are painted orange and black, and from the immense iridescent globes of electric light hang long, orange silk tassels.
The tattered chintzes were picked up, the scraps left by the wolves and tigers interred, and vengeance was taken on some dozens of vultures that were too much glutted to rise on the wing.
Go to any large store in any city to-day, where wall-papers are sold, and chintzes and cretonnes for the finest effects in upholstery.
Nevertheless, a sense of peace fell upon him as he entered the familiar room of cheerful blue chintzes and light.
Printed muslins and chintzes are still very much worn in the morning walks, with handsome sashes, having three ends depending down each side, not much beyond the hips.
The tattered chintzes were picked up; the scraps left by the wolves and tigers interred; and vengeance was taken on some dozens of vultures that were too much glutted to rise on the wing.
No chintzes were so smartly calendered as hers, and on the walls were mezzotints of the ladies whom Sir Joshua had painted.
The Sheraton furniture and the chintzes suited the style of her beauty.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "chintzes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
