Chintz

Chintz, a highly glazed printed calico, with a pattern generally in several colours on a white or light-coloured ground. It was chiefly used for bed-hangings, for covering furniture, and other purposes where there is much exposure to dust, which does not adhere to its highly calendered surface. In Great Britain chintz is now mostly employed for babies' bassinettes. It has been long the practice in Persia to have the pattern on some chintzes partly in gold. Glue or other size is printed on the cloth, to which the gold dust or leaf adheres. See CRETONNE.