Recent Examples on the WebThe living room is dominated by a large sofa covered in an English chintz, with Madeleine Castaing coffee tables on a pink Romanian rug.—Ellie Pithers, Vogue, 31 July 2024 At a time when floral chintz reigned supreme, such starkness was groundbreaking.—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023 Old-school patterns, like toile, chintz, and vintage floral chintz, are seeing a resurgence in popularity.—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023 Jayne Design Studio senior designer William Cullum chose a cheerful robin's egg blue for this 1980s country home in Suffern, New York, which showcases Italian Baroque stools and a rug digitally printed with a pattern taken from an 18th-century Indian chintz.—Kristin Tablang, House Beautiful, 1 June 2022 See all Example Sentences for chintz
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Word History
Etymology
earlier chints, plural of chint, from Hindi chī̃ṭ & Urdu chīnṭ
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