In America the term chintz includes cretonne and stamped linen. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Interior Decoration] Reference
Here is a drawing-room in chintz and French wallpaper, with the latest books lying on the centre table. From Wordnik.com. [Canadian Cities of Romance] Reference
A Spanish title, too, dear, and means 'chintz' -- a. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy on a Ranch] Reference
The bed had a flat, perfectly fitted cover of the chintz, which is tucked under the mattress. From Wordnik.com. [The House in Good Taste] Reference
"The chintz is a little light; it will show marks almost as much as the paint, I'm afraid, duck," Mrs. Amber continued. From Wordnik.com. [Married Life The True Romance] Reference
British chintz, with a mantilla of coarser material. From Wordnik.com. [Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China.] Reference
Besides, Marcia must give her mind to sprigged chintz. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
It was almost as wonderful a specimen of art as my chintz hanging. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
Painters (i.e. designers of patterns for chintz), Washers (bleachers). From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Madras] Reference
A lot of "chintz and prints" as they say, but you won't hear me complain. From Wordnik.com. [The Maximum Security Book Group] Reference
Twelve bedrooms, with dressing-rooms, upholstered in chintz of charming design. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He submitted without comment to being ensconced in the great chintz-covered chair. From Wordnik.com. [Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes] Reference
In the 1980s, the British-based retailer seemed poised to cover the world in chintz. From Wordnik.com. [Rendering Unto Laura] Reference
She turned to a booth that had been made of turkey-red chintz in one corner of the room. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
Don't expect chintz and cheesy country chic however, these cottages are seriously stylish. From Wordnik.com. [Suzanne Aaronson: What's Worth It: Winvian Hotel & Spa] Reference
The sides are hung with a gaudy chintz, which I consider a perfect marvel of calico-printing. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
Just at the door something caught her eye under the edge of the chintz valence round the bed. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
Jaffray, have you noticed how dainty the chintz furniture is and how well it goes with the walls?. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Immigrant] Reference
We have chintz in the house, which was intended for the womens trowsers; that will probably do. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan] Reference
There was a glowing wood stove in the room and a big, chintz-covered box beside it, full of "chunks.". From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
In her own room she spread the chintz out upon the bed and with trembling fingers set about her task. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
We slept in a stuffy, diamond-paned little room with chintz curtains to windows, bed, and mantelpiece. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
When she awoke next day it was very late, and the sun was shining through the flowered chintz curtains. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts at Home, or, Rosanna's Beautiful Day] Reference
A little suite of apartments had been fitted up for us, upholstered in blue chintz, delightfully cool-looking. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
And, drawing aside the light chintz curtains, he disclosed a view that was, to say the least, very discouraging. From Wordnik.com. [Lucile Triumphant] Reference
For a little while the girls worked steadily, covering with chintz the cardboard pieces that would form the chair. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia] Reference
She felt a little dubious about appearing on such a great occasion, almost in Albany, in a chintz dress and with no wrap. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
He was adept at making new money look old, using 18th - and 19th-century antiques, flowery chintz and tailored upholstery. From Wordnik.com. [American Taste Maker] Reference
Madame Wampa, in the chintz tent, recited without expression: "Though you travel east or west, may your luck be the best.". From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
But after I had sat up once -- once parted with the dreary prospect of the chintz and lace which curtained my bed -- I was. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878] Reference
The decor is country French -- chintz and damask, with wood paneling and floors, and a fire burning in the family-room fireplace. From Wordnik.com. [THE HOUSE OF HILTON] Reference
She could see the sign of the village store just ahead and knew the bolts of new chintz were displaying their charms in the window. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
Mary Ann followed meekly watching with wonder and envy as Marcia made her bargain with the kindly merchant, and selected her chintz. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
Sometimes he had lain almost breathless under a chintz-covered couch, or crouched behind a curtain till the moment of danger was past. From Wordnik.com. ['Me and Nobbles'] Reference
In the other corner beside the stove, yet not too near it, stood a small canopy bed with the pretty chintz curtains drawn all about it. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret] Reference
The chintz prints and beautiful dresses from the Ralph Lauren women's line that I remember evoke images of living in a English manor house. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Hall: The Story of the Ralph Lauren Brand: It's About Dreams] Reference
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