Chintz Curtain

Textiles

First quarter 18th century

Indian export for European market

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Title: Chintz Curtain
Place: India (Object made in)
Date: Made 1700–1725
Medium: Cotton, plain weave; painted and resist-dyed
Dimensions: 328.3 × 116.2 cm (129 1/4 × 45 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Margaret W. and John V. Farwell Endowment Fund; purchased with funds provided by Diana Morgan Senior
Reference Number: 2020.319
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Unknown private collector, southern France [this and the following according to personal communication from Cora Ginsburg LLC, dated Sept. 1, 2020, copy in curatorial object file]; sold to unknown dealer, France; sold to unknown private collector, NY, from about 2005 [reportedly purchased at the Pier Antique Show, NY]; sold to Cora Ginsburg LLC, January 2013 [inventory number SN1158a]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2020.

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