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 ...

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 ...

It's associated with ladies of a certain age, but chintz has a secret and exotic past. Far from epitomising Britishness and conservatism, this fabric was once a rare and racy luxury, discovers Dominic ...

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 ...

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 ...

Form trumps function in ordinary objects created to impart a sense of beauty and grace - even everyday things like dinnerware and fasteners. Question: Enclosed are photos of a creamer and sugar bowl ...

A newspaper article started it all by declaring a few years ago that chintz wasn’t just for draperies anymore. Then, last year, along came artist Kelly L. Moran and her glossy coffee-table book, an ...

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 ...

Retro fans rejoice — the historic print has returned, albeit with a contemporary twist Modern chintz Duvet set, €85, foxford.com Jute pouf, €299, salternativefurniture.ie Set of two napkins, €4, ...