| 单词 | chintz |
| 例句 | Under the chintz counterpane the sheets would be starchily pure. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z There was different paint on the walls, a pair of faded yellow chintz curtains fluttering at the open window. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z There’s enough chintz in here to kill modernity. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Harry and Ron walked through the mass of occupied chintz chairs and poufs that cluttered the room, and sat down at the same small circular table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She pronounces this word with awe, as if it’s the name of something sacred, and I repeat it silently to myself: chintz. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The living room has a sofa and two chairs and matching drapes, all of a flowered rose and beige material Carol says is chintz. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But it was fresh painted, and chintz curtains hung in the windows. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The chintz covers on the chairs and on the sofa were new and shiny. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z At least twenty small, circular tables were crammed inside it, all surrounded by chintz armchairs and fat little poufs. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The house is a showplace for the Kwangs’ many guests and visiting dignitaries, trimmed in heavy damask and chintz, with freshly cut flowers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z One of them is chintz, in dirty rose; one is maroon velvet, with doilies. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff heeded the voice and looked at the room—flowered chintz, lace curtains, white drawn-work table cover, cushions on the couch covered with a bright and impudent print. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He glanced back into the room, with its braided rug and chintz curtains. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I can see through these houses, to what they used to be; I can see the colors that used to cover the walls, dusty rose, muddy green, mushroom, and the chintz curtains no longer there. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The fact that the yellow chintz armchair in the living room clashed with the blue-and-maroon Turkish carpet no longer bothered her. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z After all, what is too much chintz to one person is comfortable and cozy to another. Is Good Taste Teachable? 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z But in 2002 he had lost three top players to richer teams and would get no help from his chintz owner. Moneyball at Toronto: Brad Pitt Hits a Solid Triple 2011-09-10T14:05:00Z Compared to the Roy family homes, the Pierces’s Tern Haven is shabby chic: chintz, worn Chesterfield sofas, paisley bedspreads. Let’s Talk About the Clothes on “Succession” 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Her colorful home is full of items she loves: wicker, chinoiserie and floral chintz. The ‘grandmillennial’ style brings tradition and peaceful decor into the home 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z The second gallery begins with “European Trade,” a collection of the luxury chintzes and gloriously embroidered work prized in Western Europe. ‘The Fabric of India’ Review: A Nation’s Interwoven History 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z She paired glossy black-and-white checkered floors and thick-striped wallpapers with furnishings upholstered in chintz, plaid and houndstooth check. How to incorporate 7 popular patterns in your home, according to experts 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Beyond those nostalgic for Mr. Buatta’s bygone world, and the many who are missing the man himself, what is the market these days for porcelain asparagus spears, Chinese side tables and tufted chintz slipper chairs? The Death of Chintz 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Mitchell was inundated with requests to authorize “Gone With the Wind”-themed pens, hats, dolls, even chintz fabric. The Long Battle Over ‘Gone With the Wind’ 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z They embraced the idea of looking for fun patterns that are a far cry from the chintz upholstery that graced your grandparents’ living room. Splurge (or save) on modern florals for your home 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z “I hardly eat anything except those,” Ms. Johnson said, legs akimbo in her pink chintz chair. Reinventing Betsey Johnson 2012-12-19T23:32:46Z “People who are afraid of color can find a chintz pattern that is subtle,” Dabito says. How to incorporate 7 popular patterns in your home, according to experts 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z A renewed appreciation for antiques was unleashed in the 1980s, when Washington took the lead in an “English country” decorating frenzy of carved mahogany secretaries, swagged chintz draperies, gently frayed Oriental rugs and dog paintings. The reign of beige: In a political town, design stays neutral 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z In those days, she said, there were MPs, all men, and then there were "Lady MPs", in whose special room was chintz furniture and an iron. Women, Power and Politics: script for a revolution 2010-06-08T21:00:00Z Even the floral chintz couches reflect foundation’s mission, which includes maintaining the estate as it was when the Weismans lived with the art. Long lines at the Getty Center? This lesser-known museum has a stunning private collection. 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Amanda Isaac, associate curator, will explore the chintz revolution in Britain and how the Washingtons translated it at Mount Vernon. New research shows George Washington was trendier than we thought 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z It existed in a hinterland of chintz and misguided aspiration. J. Crew: Too Ambitious to Be Basic, Too Basic to Be Luxe 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z In Monet’s original studio, I fought off the temptation to ruminate on a tufted chaise longue covered in faded floral chintz. Overnighter: Finding Solitude at Monet’s Gardens 2013-06-06T15:25:59Z At one point 14 nurses from Lenox Hill Hospital were wearing our fabulous English floral chintz gowns. Chintz Hospital Gowns and Wildflower Dresses 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z In the living room are chintz chairs with antimacassars and the small-scale charm of the 1930s. ‘The Yearling’ author’s homestead is a doorway to a quirky Florida subculture 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Nicknamed “the prince of chintz,” he popularized the English-country-house style that a generation of Wall Street wives adopted for their Upper East Side classic sixes. Book Party Anxiety, Writ Large 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z “Four-posters, bull’s-eye mirrors, Toby mugs, chintz curtains, fireplaces and everything in its place.” Leading Ladies 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z This latest refinement carries a whiff of retrofitted modernity, like a space capsule upholstered in chintz or a Microsoft Kinect game of croquet. The TV Watch: Ye Olde Yule Log Now Blazes in 3-D 2010-12-23T20:28:14Z Designer Anthony P. Browne moved from London and opened a shop in Georgetown to sell British glazed chintzes and bullion fringes. The reign of beige: In a political town, design stays neutral 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z And though the cramped, split-level set by Dane Laffrey accurately suggests the claustrophobic situation, it never allows you to focus on the individual characters, who keep disappearing among the chintz and hallways. Review: Will Death Never Come in ‘Peace for Mary Frances’? 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z She followed the English country house tradition of slipcovering her upholstered furniture every summer — in cream and blue chintz in wide stripes, or in roses printed on pale linen. Suzanne Rheinstein, Designer of Classic American Interiors, Dies at 77 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Beautifully acted and impeccably mounted, it is light on historical details and heavy on atmosphere, character and chintz. Steve Carell and Channing Tatum in ‘Foxcatcher’ 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Some show her pink chintz wallpaper and upholstery, familiar from early pictures. Tina Barney: The Photographer’s Origin Story 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z In her Charlotte home, the designer gave her space an “Afro Southern” feel by mixing traditional chintz drapery with mud cloth textiles. How to incorporate 7 popular patterns in your home, according to experts 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z So when Ikea implored us to "chuck out the chintz", it was like asking us to dust off our psyches. Interior dark: two shows reveal visions of the unhomely 2010-06-16T10:07:00Z His quest for fine English and Chinese export porcelain, fanciful floral chintz fabrics and quirky accessories became a lifelong passion. Design royalty is all atwitter about the Prince of Chintz auction 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z In the 1990s it was popular in yellow chintz; today, the store sells a lot in cream herringbone, he says. The reign of beige: In a political town, design stays neutral 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z The clothes on display also paid homage to Parisian chic, heavy on glamour and chintz but confined to a narrow color palate of blacks, whites, purples and mauves. Chanel dazzles Paris with starlit haute couture show 2011-07-06T01:10:54Z “We discovered that a chintz room was a fashion trend in the mid-18th century. It was an aesthetic in England,” says Amanda Isaac, an associate curator at Mount Vernon. New research shows George Washington was trendier than we thought 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Designers like to use bold floral chintz when they are seeking a more animated or energetic look. How to incorporate 7 popular patterns in your home, according to experts 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z “I also like to use various textures like velvets, chintz and silk, much like mixing color and pattern.” Go big and go home: How to do maximalism right 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Lam used a subtle palette of black, indigo, smoke blue and olive with strategic splashes of red and burgandy, as in the small touches on a chintz tweed trouser. Fashion industry shines in metallics for fall 2011-02-13T21:42:12Z Initially, he began mocking up entire Victorian rooms, except their chaises longues were covered, not in velvet and silk chintz, but in Dutch wax. God save the Queen 2010-05-15T23:05:00Z It will be draped in floral chintz, printed with the Walpole family coats of arms and lined in blue silk. Museums Are Trying New Things in the Bedroom 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Researchers found other examples of chintz rooms in the United States as well, and references in the Washingtons’ papers that showed they owned fabrics and accessories consistent with the chintz style. New research shows George Washington was trendier than we thought 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z But I honestly think design goes in waves, and clients are actually looking at chintz again, which is surprising. The 25 Rooms That Influence the Way We Design 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z She had almost no belongings, so her parents sent her some ’90s chintz furniture that they had in storage. Liz Holmes Wants You to Forget About Elizabeth 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z “It’s a mix of traditional decor, like prints, chintz, real wood furniture and classical design elements with more modern,” she wrote. Perspective | Readers sketch out some ideas for repurposing old portraits 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z In the family room sits a chintz ottoman with a ruffle along the bottom; ruffled throw pillows rest on the armchairs. The return of the ruffle 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z "It was totally chintz and had enormous sofas with flower patterns - a typical middle-class Sheffield suburban house with a big thick pile carpet," Martyn Ware recalls of the house. Studio Electrophonique: The council house that launched top British bands 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Mughal motifs melded with Indian ones in the style known as chintz, a corruption of the Hindi word “chimt,” which means spotted or speckled. Eye-catching textiles from India, at the Textile Museum 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z How much does she charge for a 10m roll of chintz wallpaper inspired by an 18th century sarong? Mark Easton's Boxing Day family puzzler 2021 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z You probably already own the basics, but their scale may be off — or you may be sick of that hand-me-down chintz sofa that you’ve hauled around since college. How to furnish, fill and decorate your new, larger home 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z She was known to take, say, a rose and peony patterned chintz fabric, and use it to make both curtains and chair coverings for the same room. The return of the ruffle 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Under her eye, leather couches shine as if recently polished, and the patterns on rugs, chintz drapes, brocade couches and bedspreads all seem to glow. The Artist Upending Photography’s Brutal Racial Legacy 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Designers like to use bold floral chintz when seeking a more animated or energetic look. How to do pattern-mixing in your home without going overboard 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Decor such as skirted tables and chintz pillows are being brought back and updated, Panos says. Warm colors, natural elements and other design trends for 2021 | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z “I also like to use various textures like velvets, chintz and silk, much like mixing color and pattern,” Rufty said. Go big and go home: How to do maximalism right 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z “There was a lot of floral and chintz ottomans or couches and pillows, and I feel like it’s a fun way to add color and softness to a room,” Tirado-Leist said. The return of the ruffle 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Hildreth says patterns like colorful chintz may be returning and are perfect for brightening a room at any time of year. ASK A DESIGNER: Easy ways to brighten rooms in winter 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z She has introduced a chintz fabric collection at The Inside. Midcentury-modern no more? These fall home trends offer an alternative. | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z It’s hard to know what violent acts those Frenchmen might have resorted to if you had sported a brocade pattern featuring images of hand axes or a chintz design bearing daggers. In conversation: Painter Lari Pittman finds beauty in violence and telenovelas. He also has advice for MOCA - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z That description is as outdated as a chintz sofa. From Furniture to Cryptocurrency — Overstock Is on a Journey 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z In Britain, when its advertising campaign exhorted the public to “chuck out the chintz” in 1996, people quite literally followed orders and did just that. Ingvar Kamprad obituary 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z The British elite wore Indian linen and silks, decorated their homes with Indian chintz and decorative textiles, and craved Indian spices and seasonings. 'But what about the railways ...?' The myth of Britain's gifts to India 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z There were a lot of floral prints—mostly pink, yellow and green chintz. Brooke Shields on her Many Childhood Homes 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z The Robert L Adams mortuary off Palmer Street, a small establishment filled with chintz, chandeliers and pink upholstered seats, offers special features to high-rolling clients. Straight Outta Compton film puts California city back under scrutiny 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z And there was Anna Sui with her quintessential high chintz spliced by seriously sheer fabrics. Why nipples were much more than just a trend at London Fashion Week 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Originally this word meant to be decorated or covered with chintz, a calico print from India, or suggestive of a pattern in chintz. How authors from Dickens to Dr Seuss invented the words we use every day 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z She recoils at the “smelly natives,” calls most things “beastly” and prefers to laze in a drawing room perfumed by “chintz and dying flowers.” Katha Journal: Orwell’s House Links Myanmar to Its Burmese Days 2013-05-24T01:41:19Z He spent an hour hot-gluing chintz and roses in the couple’s wedding colors — burgundy and white — into a custom two-groom cake topper. At Pattycakes in Queens, Recreating Pastries From Around the Globe 2012-08-13T02:29:35Z Terms such as "calico", "chintz" and "gingham" had already by then "effected a lodgement in English warehouses and shops, and were lying in wait for entrance into English literature". Thirty words English got from India 2012-07-11T23:36:35Z In this comfortable bedroom, amid flowers of chintz, was she not already more at home than she had ever been along the herbaceous borders of Clare? The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Mademoiselle had left off her sober black silk, and floated in the airiest of chintz muslins. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Albert Hadley kept the chintz in the library that Sister Parish designed for Brooke Astor's apartment on Park Avenue, but he tore out the walls and put in brass-fitted bookshelves. Albert Hadley, Interior Decorator to High Society, Dies at 91 2012-03-31T04:07:06Z It was a gown of flowered chintz, of the delicate colouring and excellent material that one now and again finds treasured among family relics—such as "my great-grandmother's" or even "great-great-grandmother's dresses." Fairies Afield 2012-03-18T02:00:20.790Z He seated himself on a new re-covered chintz armchair and stuck out the elbow of the arm that held his hat. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z There was a white face lying back among the pillows of a great bed, with carved posts and a valance of flowered chintz that smelled faintly of lavender. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z Miss Lally had now a little room of her own on the other side of the nursery, and we had saved enough of Miss Bess's chintz to smarten it up. Nurse Heatherdale's Story 2012-03-06T03:00:21.190Z She was so busy exclaiming over the tester, with its glazed chintz ruffle, that she did not see the sudden gleam in Prue’s eye. The Twins in the South 2012-02-13T03:00:16.113Z The salon furnished in a bright chintz, and good pictures, mostly family portraits, on the walls. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z On Mrs. Sitwell I called the other day, in a charming new habitat: all clean paint and fresh chintz. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z And you are answered in all seriousness, “Money is an article of merchandise like sugar, or chintz; and it differs from other articles only in the fact that it is more convenient for exchange.” What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z At center back are large recess double doors with muslin curtains on lower half and chintz curtains on upper half. Green Stockings A Comedy in Three Acts 2012-01-28T03:00:24.297Z Gwen switched on the lights and the twins found themselves in what seemed to be a delightful chintz lined nook. The Twins in the South 2012-02-13T03:00:16.113Z Hannah is making some pretty loose chintz covers for the chairs and sofa in this room, which will give it a more home-like appearance. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z They stayed in this den of fever three months, and having careened, paid the Dutch with bales of muslins and chintzes.200 Some now left, and returned to settle in Madagascar. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z The little blue drawing-room, which was always used instead, was a far more cheery apartment, with its sunny French window and fresh muslin curtains, and the blue chintz covers on the chairs. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z Balancing the conseCrvatory is a large recessed window, muslin curtains on the lower sash and chintz curtains on the upper. Green Stockings A Comedy in Three Acts 2012-01-28T03:00:24.297Z It was clean and sparkling, warm with bright red chintzes on the sofa and on every chair cushion. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z In a sort of recess, shaded by a patched curtain of faded chintz, stood a bed, which, only a few days before, no degree of fatigue could have induced me to occupy. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z This was natural enough, for each morning the breeze stirred the chintz curtains of his window in the old mansion near Winchester, and the breeze was freighted with the heavy sweetness of honey-suckle. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z He let himself in by a latch-key: the grey light was streaming through the shutters, and turning the chintz pattern of his window-curtains here and there, in streaks, into transparencies. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Jackie Kennedy used the chintz chic of the decorator Sister Parish; Hillary Clinton, the Southern baroque of Kaki Hockersmith; and the Obamas, the neutral palette of the California designer Michael S. Smith. The Houses of the G.O.P. Hopefuls 2011-12-28T23:31:38Z The cradle was covered with a pretty piece of flowered chintz; a flounce of the same material about the base concealed the little straw mattress on which children usually lie. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z His requests were few: no chintz, no taxidermy. On Location: A Williamsburg Penthouse Marked With Memories ? On Location 2011-12-15T00:02:08Z I brought out new curtains and chintz to re-cover the sofa and chairs. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z The Great little Man jumped up as red as one of the big chintz roses that bloomed so prodigally all over his winged chair. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z They sat opposite each other on the two chintz chesterfields placed at right angles to the pleasantly blazing fire, the chintz curtains drawn against a rainy evening. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z There was a sitting-room, that was like the sunny outdoors, with its dainty flowered chintzes, its ivory wicker furniture, its plants and canaries singing in wicker cages. The Girl Scouts Rally Rosanna Wins 2011-11-29T03:00:16.213Z Above stairs, the state bed and hangings are shown, the latter matching a handsome landscape chintz, with which the walls are covered. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z The window was open, and the chintz curtains softly rustling to and fro. A Mere Chance, Vol. 2 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:45.597Z With this he gave a tug at the bell-pull of flowery chintz, and presently Mr. Daish who had sent the waiters to bed, came yawning to answer the summons. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z To the left of the clock is the window, cross-barred and draped with flowered chintz. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z She stretches out a tiny finger and reverently touches a bright colour—a blue ribbon, a gold button, a pink flower on a chintz. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z A rude chintz lounge, a wooden chest, and an eight-inch mirror completed the furniture of this apartment. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z It was well padded and comfortable, and was covered with a serviceable chintz of a soft green color. 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z "I should be glad to give you some idea of the enemy's earthworks," said the Major with a covetous glance in the direction of the chintz window-curtains. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The fire-light's glow fell no longer on leather and oak, but on old flowered chintz and mahogany.... The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z Thus, in many parts of India, the beautiful chintzes which were common thirty-five years ago, are now nowhere to be had, and every year sees the decay of some branch of manufacture. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z And it was gay with chintz and dimities, while against my windows a bourginvilla vine whispered in the wind. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z In front of these sliding-doors is a long high backed sofa, completely covered in chintz, the flounce of which touches the floor. The Brass Bottle A Farcical Fantastic Play in Four Acts 2011-10-11T02:01:04.737Z Mrs. Freer, however, was at home, resting on a lodging-house sofa—an angular couch draped in faded chintz—before she went to dress for dinner. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z A low fire was burning in the grate, and its dying flames fitfully shone on soft-colored chintz coverings and glowing mahogany surfaces, giving to the room an air of drowsy and delicious peace. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z "Here is a bit of pink chintz," answered Minnie; "and here are my scissors to 'pink' the edges." Left to Ourselves or, John Headley's Promise. 2011-10-05T02:00:17.183Z There's another bay-window, with far curtains of green and the near ones chintz, an awfully pretty cream spotted net with a green hem let in. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z She must flaunt off to meeting every Sabbath, in white or silk, while chintz was good enough for Deborah. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z In the large old-fashioned bedrooms, hung with chintz curtains and furnished with mahogany that would have been the joy of the antique dealers, were already placed the boxes and satchels of the automobilists. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z It had seemed a bold undertaking for the widow to mortgage her home and put all the money in the chintz hangings and wicker furniture of those two charming tea rooms. The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z She wore a chintz gown, looped up over a blue silk quilted petticoat. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z For, seated upon a low limb of an apple tree, her two little feet hanging down, and garbed in pink-flowered chintz and snowy fichu, I beheld Penelope Grant, a-knitting. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z As they were saying this, the old woman in the chintz petticoat and steeple-hat came to the door, and looked over the hatch. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z And it was certainly the most cheerful, with its brightly flowered chintz curtains and shining mahogany chairs and tables. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z Just beneath us, in one of Kitty's prettiest chintz arm-chairs, sat a middle-aged woman. The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z Why had she put on that chintz dress with tufts of wild flowers glowing on a maroon ground?—all cheap in themselves, but giving richness of color to match that of her person. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z Sunshine fell through the glazed windows, where chintz curtains stirred in the wind. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z There were haircloth sofas, and a big fireplace, and plenty of rocking chairs, and lounges covered with chintz of every pattern, and softened with cushions of every hue. The Other Fellow 2011-08-23T02:00:31.420Z On Christmas night, a dozen girls piled on to the bed which was the dress-circle, and sat before the blue and yellow chintz curtains in a most flattering state of expectancy. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z So, yes, add the bold, modern art; get rid of the chintz and chandeliers and fleurs-de-lis; add a sports bar. Men-friendly retirement settings would be good for both men and women 2011-08-15T21:50:02Z Oh, nothing; only I ought to know that chintz dresses of the best, and red ribbons fluttering around one like butterflies, ain't, as a general thing, put on for run-in callers such as I am. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z The sitting room, being Anne's particular property, is femininely furnished in chintz. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z The Petersburg women had gone to work with a will upon my table-cloths, sheets, and dimity counterpanes—and even the chintz furniture covers. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z I noted the doilies and chintz while searching for a suitable assisted living facility for my father. Assisted living facilities may be wise to appeal more to men 2011-08-01T21:16:03Z Peggy looked up in amazement, and then glanced down at her girlish frock of chintz. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z She blew in at nightfall with a huge suitcase, many parcels and her gay chintz knitting bag stuffed full of various things besides knitting. Molly Brown's College Friends 2011-07-16T02:00:15.700Z It was filled with all kinds of old-fashioned gowns, some of them of rich brocade and some of flowered chintz. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z My springlike green and white chintz bandages appeared on many a manly arm and leg. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z There the engaged pair remained, discussing what curtains would go with the chintz coverings of the sofa and chairs, and what papers would harmonise with both. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z These cages are gaily decorated with flags, chintz, and gilt jewellery. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z The sombreness of the heavy Mexican architecture was relieved by bright French chintzes, delicate lace curtains, and fresh-coloured hangings. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z The room was lighted by four windows; these were hung with some faded chintz, identical in pattern and color with that in my bedroom; they were drawn. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z There were low comfortable seats covered with faded old chintz and tapestry. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z She would help us to strip off our wraps, and, all in a glow, we would go flying to the haven of our pretty fire-bright room with its gay chintzes, its lamps and flowers. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z At the top of the wall was a painted frieze of cherry boughs in bloom, with now and then one loaded with fruit peeping through, and the same idea was imitated in the chintzes. Boston Neighbours In Town and Out 2011-05-24T02:00:13.567Z She then asked me how I could possibly think of such a thing when the chintz and the crumbcloth of his dressing-room had not been fixed? The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 2011-05-20T02:00:28.363Z There, too, I unearthed a bolt of English chintz. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z She was resting in a big chintz chair, with her white chiffon skirts foaming all round her, and her hands holding a great bunch of shining orange leaves that gave out a faint, crushed scent. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z There was no carpet, the curtains were of chintz and the lambrequins evidently home made. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z They were full of family portraits, and old brass and pewter, and Japanese cabinets, and books bound in dimly gilded calf-skin, and India chintzes, all of which were Miss Caldwell's by inheritance. Boston Neighbours In Town and Out 2011-05-24T02:00:13.567Z I explained that I had provided other chintz, but to no effect. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 2011-05-20T02:00:28.363Z Two easy chairs cushioned with the chintz were in each room. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z She went straight to one she knew well, and dropped into it, laying her cheek against the cool, shiny chintz. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z They rested upon the chintz curtains of the room upstairs, from the window of which he had heard her voice calling the chickens. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z No one but Katty herself knew the trouble to which she had been to get the exact pattern of calendered chintz which she had made up her mind to obtain. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z Dorothy will insist on your making yours of cotton chintz and it will be just as good and even prettier. Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship 2011-05-03T02:00:15.220Z The windows and beds were hung with the English chintz, which was old fashioned, a mixture of red and white with a touch of gray. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z It was a pretty room with a yellow wall-paper, and chintz curtains with little bunches of cowslips on them. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z There was the same heartsease paper that Mildred remembered seven years ago, the same flowery chintz, the curious old quilt, a hundred years old, covered with twining carnations. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z Her gown is made of gaudy chintz, patterned with flaring bunches of roses. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z "I believe I'll try a pair with a flowery chintz top and a duck sole covered with chintz like a lining to the shoe," said Ethel Blue slowly as she thought it out. Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship 2011-05-03T02:00:15.220Z The furniture, except for the sofa which was upholstered in faded yellow wool damask, was covered with flowery chintz like that in the dining-room, and at the windows were the same faded yellow hangings. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z The room was very simply furnished with wicker chairs and chintz curtains, but it possessed the peculiar charm of the English cottage with its deep casement windows, low ceilings and polished hardwood floors. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z The returns that are injurious to our manufactures, or growth of our own country, are printed calicoes, chintz, wrought silks, stuffs, of herbs and barks, block-tin, sugar, cotton, arrack, copper, and indigo. A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before 2011-04-07T02:00:17.607Z It was number eight, Mr. Dempsey, with the chintz furniture, and the looking-glass over the chimney! The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z "Then I'll make the case of two pieces of chintz bound together." Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship 2011-05-03T02:00:15.220Z The yellow chintz curtains were drawn apart, showing us both the gleam of lamplight and the leaping firelight. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z The furniture in this room was modern; deep wicker chairs with bright chintz cushions were clustered around a fire of soft coals. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z Yes, even the peculiar fragrance of lavender and fresh linen, formerly exhaled from the light chintz gown of his pretty cousin, came wafting to him over the past. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z A smart dress flutters on every balcony, several stands have been erected and all the window-sills are covered, some with colored chintz and some with gold brocade. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z "Wouldn't another envelope arrangement of chintz lined with rubber cloth make a good washrag bag or sponge bag?" asked Ethel Brown. Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship 2011-05-03T02:00:15.220Z Counterpane, chair cushions, and window hangings were of beautiful old chintz still gay with faded paroquets and vines, trees, trellises, roses and numerous humming-birds, on a background of faded crocus yellow. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z His emporium is very like a small four-post bedstead, and its chintz curtains are wreathed with lemons on boughs. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z At the head of the stairs she saw a woman—a large woman in a chintz gown, leaning against the banisters. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z It had a wooden canopy, and hangings of washed-out chintz. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z "Mademoiselle's silk wrap must be grey to match her other Red Cross equipment," said Mrs. Emerson, "but I don't see why the chintz things shouldn't be as gay as you like." Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship 2011-05-03T02:00:15.220Z It is not likely that Prue is hiding in her own cupboard, or beneath her narrow chintz bed; and yet her sister, pushed by what vague suspicion she does not know, enters. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z The sofas and chairs were covered with light chintz, and the whole air of the apartment shady and cool as a grotto. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z Beside the table, on which was spread the supper, stood a chair, more luxurious than its fellows, and covered with a pretty chintz. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z I am going into the chintz parlour," said she to the page-boy, "and I am expecting a gentleman by appointment. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z "You can cover that with chintz—cotton, cotton, cotton," chanted Dorothy, who seldom missed a chance to promote the cotton crusade. Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship 2011-05-03T02:00:15.220Z Aunt Susy and I took seats on the little sofa which was covered with bright chintz. Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife 2011-03-10T03:00:49.120Z How oddly it happens that the worthy farmer in the chintz waistcoat is always in arrear with his rent, and always stands in the relation of tenant to the dissolute squire! The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z It was a large bow window, with a window-seat cushioned in flowered chintz. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z So eventually, without any reference either to the carpet or the wall-paper, or the chintz curtains and covers, they chose a pretty cretonne of a nice salmon-pink shade. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z The back is of very stiff cardboard and the corners are of chintz or leather. Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship 2011-05-03T02:00:15.220Z They bring blue calico, chintz, pepper, tobacco, copper, cutlery, and “fire water,” and receive in exchange slaves, ivory, spices, and gold, which latter is brought in large quantities from Douro. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Old lavender perfume, ottomans, high-backed chairs, chintzes that look as though they came out of the ark, and a few mouldy daguerreotypes. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z Do you know that chintz that has blurry, indefinite flowers on it?” Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z The carpet gets up and hits the walls, and the walls in their turn slap the screen, and the screen clashes with the chintz, and you and I clash with everything else. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z She was dressed like a schoolgirl in a little frock of India chintz, her black hair combed backward and plaited in two long, loose braids. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z A piano, a table or two, a few large arm-chairs, and a sofa covered in bright chintz made up the furniture of what was a singularly lovable and home-like room. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z The big parlor and dining-room had wicker chairs and willow tables, roomy sofas and couches covered with well-washed chintz, and skins and rugs on the matted floors. A Round Dozen 2011-02-07T03:00:26.887Z Then across one end of the wall—on that shadiest side,—I should throw a branch of apple-blossoms, painted in the same blurry, indefinite way in which the flowers appear on the chintz. Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z And finally they chose a chintz for the curtains of the three windows, and for covers for the couch and the large armchair. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z But his first suggestion that the simple frock of India chintz Maria was wearing was a most becoming morning gown, met with such a decided rebuff he had no courage left for further advice. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z After that she shook out the chintz curtains, plumped up the cushions, and put her dusters in their home in a bag that hung on the shutter. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z It was hung all round with pink chintz with thin white muslin over it. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z The wicker furniture had already come for this room and the attic, and they all exclaimed at the delicate shade of gray rattan which made a charming back-ground for cushions of flowered chintz. Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z The chintz, like the wall-paper, was not in stock, and on learning this fact the two girls went round and explained to Mr. Broxby that they would just as soon choose another. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z A lace collar will look as badly over a chintz dress, as a linen one would with velvet, though each may be perfect of its kind. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z You said when you were here that you liked the nursery with its funny old prints and chintzes, but you should have seen it with Leezie in it. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z It is run very much on English lines and suggests a very large country cottage in Blighty, with its chintz hangings. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z The freshness had come from the fact that she had changed all the chintzes, and the carpet and curtains, ransacking the house for the best she could find for the purpose. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z There isn’t another chintz in the book that exactly goes with the wall-paper. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z Over it she had hung a canopy of chintz with a tapestry pattern on a black background, copied from an illustration in the life of Du Barry. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z It had a great walnut bedstead, with chintz curtains, on which was printed in violet the magic story of Pyramis and Thisbé. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z Writing children’s novels used to keep authors in chintz and twinsets. Inequality: Unbottled Gini 2011-01-20T10:43:36Z He removed the picture wholly from the wall, and the closet; and concealed it in a large chest, covered with blue chintz, and locked it up there. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z And then I suggest that we choose the chintz,” said Julia. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z There were two or three comfortable chairs covered in yellow-flowered chintz, and in the centre an inlaid library table with a baize top and an assortment of writing utensils. Brenda, Her School and Her Club 2011-01-15T03:00:31.087Z All the furniture was different, and there was chintz instead of brocade, everywhere. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z They let me stay in my own room—which by the way is hung with the chintz of our 49th Street house—and don’t bother me with company. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Her dress, too, was wonderfully complete and becoming, though only a pink and white chintz, a mob-cap, and an uncompromising apron, with the pin-ball, scissors, keys, and linen pocket hanging at the side. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z Many of these hangings were made of chintz and hand-embroidered linen, and in homes of limited means they were also made of patch, following the style of the quilt. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z The walls, the armchairs, and a big divan with a spring were adorned with a chintz pattern on which was traced a great deal of foliage. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z She hurried into a carriage, followed by a porter in a flowered chintz coat. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z The tattered chintzes were picked up; the scraps, left by the wolves and tigers, interred; and vengeance was taken on some dozens of vultures, that were too much glutted to rise on the wing. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Why don’t we live in a cool bamboo hut, sleep on a mat, dress in a cotton sarong and a chintz kabaai, with a scarf over our shoulders and a flower in our hair. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z Early Victorian furniture, bright chintzes, modern china, photo frames, frilled cushions and a quantity of Benares work. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z By this time wax-tapers were burning in the drawing-room, all hung with chintz, and with branched candlesticks of crystal fixed close to the walls. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z On one end, peddlers were besieging a group of tourists; on the other, a girl with bronze-colored hair sat reading, a native in a flowered chintz coat drowsing at her feet. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z The room was darkened; only one gleam, through a little opening in the far shutter, touched the curtains of her bed, showing the old-fashioned chintz pattern, like a transparency, through the faded lining. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z Now the noise came from that room, from which I was separated only by a glazed door covered with a chintz curtain. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z Despite the heavy fog that filtered through the windows with its insidious breath, a hint of Spring was there in the fresh white walls, the rose-covered chintzes and the presence of flowers. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z Instead of chintz, plastic Teasmades and cheap pine furniture, at 40 Winks in Stepney Green, east London, there are extravagant artworks, antiques and an overriding sense of high, theatrical glamour. The recession-era B&B comes of age 2010-03-14T00:07:00Z His head was imparting some of its ambrosia to the light chintz chair-cover, for he had impatiently thrown the antimacassar under the table. By Birth a Lady It was all plain enough—that invisible tragedy beneath the chintz. Lady Maude's Mania The ancient four-poster, hung with chintz and supported by carved pillars, was spread with fine linen and covered with a quilt made of small pieces of silk, lavender-perfumed. The Hillman The old lady was sitting by a window of her bedroom, in a chintz upholstered chair. The Window at the White Cat "Like it—like this cramped little place?" he said, looking about at the sunshine and chintz and potted daisies of her cherished home. Manslaughter When she had pushed the gold harp into its corner she threw herself upon a broad sofa in a feathery drift of chintz cushions and dropped her forehead in her laced fingers. The Valiants of Virginia She stood with outstretched arms before the bed, which was in an alcove-like recess, and was half covered with fantastic hangings of yellow chintz. A Sister's Love A Novel The walls were finished in a soft shade of burlap, and the old mahogany furniture, chintz covers, rag rugs, and simple scrim curtains preserve the delightful atmosphere. Remodeled Farmhouses Every office, too, though strictly businesslike, has chintz curtains of lovely colours. The Sword of Deborah First-hand impressions of the British Women's Army in France On the surface of the chintz a delicate tracery of leaves and stalks was reflected from flower-pots inside. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers Getting it put right was messy, deplorable, and expensive beyond words; but it is all nice tans now, with charming chintz draperies and chair-covers. The Preliminaries And Other Stories What the dickens do I care personally for chintzes and scrim? Nancy of Paradise Cottage The windows are screened by chintz hangings of bright colors and gay designs, and the whole house presents a sunny, restful atmosphere. Remodeled Farmhouses The sofa and easy-chair were covered with obtrusively new red and white chintz; a little pile of cushions had fallen on the indeterminate Persian pattern of the carpet. A Bed of Roses “Do you think, Charles dear, that you could put your feet any where except upon the chintz sofa?” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. The artistic decorations, the chintz hangings, the water-colour paintings of Italian scenes, all helped to give an æsthetic effect to the room, and to make a very pleasant whole. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days Nothing had been added to soften the chilly aspect except a pair of cheap, chintz curtains at the window, and a few small cushions on the window-seat. Nancy of Paradise Cottage At one end of the room is the dining-table, and at the farther side, large French windows hung with chintz open on to a vine-clad veranda. Remodeled Farmhouses Long coffee-coloured curtains, banded with chintz, shut out part of the high window, through which a little of the garden and the bare branches of a tree could be seen. A Bed of Roses Liza had been as good as her word, and furnished Joe with a pocket full of ottomy's, all covered with gay shreds of chintz. Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves It was a gruesome trip, from which I have returned to my own little nook of chintz as to a refuge. Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth "To-morrow we can fix up this room a bit—if we can put up some chintz curtains, and get a few books and cushions around, it'll be as good as home, almost." Nancy of Paradise Cottage This was carried out in all the furnishings,—the chintz used for cushions and the hangings harmonizing with these tones. Remodeled Farmhouses Her eyes dwelt on the clean chintzes, on the half blinds surmounted by insertion, the brass ashtrays, the massive silver cigarette box. A Bed of Roses The marquise herself was in a chintz gown. Lives of Celebrated Women Speak of simple and attractive curtains and hangings, of the use of chintzes and cretonnes, of white-painted beds and chairs, of porch furniture. Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women George Arnold, leaning back against a chintz cushion, watched the portly, festive figure that moved away under the trees of the long drive. Nancy of Paradise Cottage He had taken but a step or two before he could discern at a distance Manolita's checked chintz and blue kerchief. Maximina She was engaged in the congenial task of disfiguring a piece of Morris chintz. A Bed of Roses It took her two weeks to get settled—to have the walls whitewashed, and to cover the frightful furniture with slips of chintz. Shadows of Flames A Novel What of the use of chintz and white paint? Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women The shadowy drawing-room faded with the old chintz curtains and fragile, almost immaterial silver; the china bowls of Lowestoft; the dull, white paneling and faintly aromatic sweetness. Plashers Mead A Novel Her dressing-room, hung in vivid chintz, with a canopied table replacing the make-up shelf, and a passing show of signed photographs tacked along the wall, was as fantastic as Gnomes' Cave. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole With the exception of iron, salt and chintz, the Swanians produce all they need themselves. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State A girl showed me one day a beautiful sewing-chair, white and gold as to frame-work, and cushioned with a lovely chintz, a white ground thickly sprinkled with daisies. Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 With a sudden impulse, she stooped and kissed her rugged face as Graves bent down to arrange a knot of ribbon on the chintz bodice. Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days Printed muslins and chintzes are still very much worn in the morning walks, with handsome sashes, having three ends depending down each side, not much beyond the hips. English Costume Round the toilet-table crackled a pink chintz valance, draped in stiffest muslin. Carnival I chose a back one of good size, nicely furnished and hung with a pretty chintz. Confessions of an Opera Singer Fauchet, somewhat curious, sat down by the bedside and parting the chintz curtains, said, "I trust you are better." The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington Griselda was putting away the money she had received for her jewels, and then submitted to Graves' hands, as she changed her morning-gown for a pretty toilette of chintz and under-skirt of blue brocade. Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days “No, Master—sir,” she said, correcting herself in a very stately way, “Sir Felix will sleep in the chintz chamber.” Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One Then he turned toward the sofa, which was covered with the same red chintz which hung over the windows to the floor. Anne A straight-backed old sofa, covered with a vulgar chintz, stood against the wall; an open book, with a broken fan in the leaves, to mark the place, lay on the sofa. That Boy Of Norcott's It was a charming, low-ceilinged room, with a network of old beams, leaded windows with wide sills where bowls of flowers stood, and delightful chintz chosen by Rosemary herself. The Brightener It is now applied to a strong, printed cotton cloth, stouter than chintz but used for very much the same purposes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" One volunteered to wire it for electric lights, others put down a floor, and everybody helped decorate it with flags, and bright chintz which the Y.M.C.A. gave us. A "Y Girl in France Letters of Katherine Shortall "I remember reading that many squaws had on from four to six dresses of silk or chintz, one over the other; and some four or five bonnets, one over another." Elsie on the Hudson But at the corner, and as soon as ever I saw round the chintz curtain, my knees gave way, and I put out a hand towards the bed-post. Eleven Possible Cases Her eyes darted hawk glances round the room, seeming to penetrate the chintz valances on chairs and sofa! The Brightener The sofa and chairs and windows were covered with a chintz in harmony with the walls. Ancestors A Novel Her movements were light and graceful, and she looked like a woodland nymph in a gown of light, gaily flowered chintz, and a large hat encircled in a wreath of bright leaves. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge A mahogany bed with a patchwork quilt for a spread, a mahogany dresser and a huge wicker chair, upholstered in a bright chintz. The Mighty Dead Dear me," said Miss Emily, "and here I have on this old faded chintz. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine Its comfortable easy-chairs were covered with gay chintz, its curtains were of the same material, its reading-table held books and newspapers, and in its big open fireplace fat logs were blazing. The Girl in the Mirror She is quite intolerantly modern, and holds that when wall-paper and chintz can save an old house from looking like a sarcophagus, why not have them? Ancestors A Novel Still as when Tickell sang, every walk "Seems from afar a moving tulip bed, Where rich brocades and glossy damasks glow, And chintz, the rival of the showery bow." Old and New London Volume I The curtains separating them from the dressing-rooms were ordered to be of Indian pattern chintz. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land Why, look at this dress—real India chintz; do you know I made old Pennywhistle's clerk up in Brunswick give it to me just for the price of common cotton? The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine To-day the fiat has gone forth, and we are already deep in consultation over paper and paint, chintz, and carpeting. An Isle in the Water And nearly everything from her lovely bedroom—chintz valances, and the little South American dressing-cabinet, and the china-set in a strawed barrel. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon Carpets are better not made of ordinary carpet, for it is much too thick, but of colored canvas, or chintz, or thin felt, or serge. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes So now one steps down from chintz covers and lemonade to the Main Army and lemon-water. A Diary Without Dates I was reminded of Glen by the freshness of the chintzes, and general feeling of air and comfort which I saw wherever I went. My Impressions of America The green room, sparsely scattered with furniture in summer covers of light chintz that glimmered pale and forbidding, looked twice its unfriendly length in the gloom. The Wishing Moon The sunshine was so strangely heavy and honey-yellow as it rested on the red and white chintz covers of the furniture and the pine boards of the floor. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 The chairs and lounges were covered with gay chintz and there was a long deep window seat from which, across a balcony filled with flowers, they could see the ocean. Two Little Women Make a little bag of flowered chintz or silk and place the gifts inside. Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions Joseph Delarue was her competitor in the dry-cleaning field, offering his services to ladies and gentlemen of the town and adjacent country as a scourer of silks, chintzes, and woolen clothes. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria The Parsee head-dress, which contests the palm of ugliness with its English rival, is constructed on a strong but light framework, covered with highly-glazed, dark-colored chintz. Happy Days for Boys and Girls So a common cheap chintz or carpet, with a poor, gaudy, motiveless design, carries a bad style into thousands of homes wherever our commerce extends; disgracing us, while it corrupts the taste of other nations. Needlework As Art Have you ever heard of chintz oil jars? The Passionate Friends He had entered nervously, as if he were stepping on glass, and when I motioned to a chair he shook his head and glanced uneasily at the delicate chintz covering. The Romance of a Plain Man She lay still for a moment looking round her at the heavy, old fashioned furniture and flowered chintz curtains. The Phantom Lover I have put charming blue chintz curtains in the spare chamber, and arranged everything there very nicely; so that, before a certain event, you must be sure to come and take possession. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 The Egyptian frescoes on the other hand, sometimes give us women and goddesses dressed in small flowery patterns that remind one of Indian chintzes. Needlework As Art There were the same flowered chintzes, there was her portrait on the table. East of the Shadows "There're blue roses in your room," said Bonny; "I mean on the chintz and on the paper." The Romance of a Plain Man There were deep chairs covered with brighter chintz. Tante Larry sat huddled in the chintz rocker, his crutch on the floor, his thin, idle hands clasped in his lap. At the Crossroads Linen was not much embroidered in India, but often printed like chintz. Needlework As Art The two windows were hung with a bright chintz of a somewhat old-fashioned design which matched the coverings of chairs and sofa, but the curtains were not drawn and the blinds were up. East of the Shadows The sun poured into the little salon, all polished wood and gay-coloured chintz, where Monsieur Joseph de la Marini�re and his four friends were talking at the top of their voices. Angelot A Story of the First Empire In Karen's room, with its rose-budded chintz and many photographs of herself, of Gregory, she paused and looked about. Tante The rest of the furniture consisted of a little iron washstand, a chair, and some sort of a box covered with very much soiled chintz that was once pretty. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life Other weavers copy chiefly designs from chintz, and still others work from designs introduced from Europe. Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern A Handbook for Ready Reference To please him she went to a window and saw, upon the narrow iron-grilled balcony, a tent of striped chintz, like the awning of a café, supported by a light iron framework. Dreamers of the Ghetto “By Jove, Dapper, she’s as fine a piece of chintz as can be picked up at St. James’s or anywhere else,” he said, as they returned to the Admiral Vernon. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance There was silence for a little; then Mrs. Starling broke it by inquiring if Diana had finished her chintz gown. Diana She wore a real chintz of the olden time, filled with nosegays, as unlike to Nature's flowers as the fashion of her gown was to the dresses of modern dames of her sixty years. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 There was an Indian matting of bright light colors on the floor, white lace curtains lined with rose-colored cambric at the windows, and a sofa and easy-chairs covered with rose-colored French chintz. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend The floor was covered with Navajo rugs in rich and barbaric colors; the walls were draped with burlap in dull red dyes; and the windows were curtained with chintz in bright 52 yellows and reds. The Heart of Thunder Mountain They worked about the cabin the next day, and Dolly performed wonders with burlap and chintz. The Trimming of Goosie A warm-coloured dark carpet on the floor, two or three easy-chairs, a wide lounge covered with chintz, and chintz curtains at the windows. Diana The old chintzes were of the days of our grandmothers, while the Chippendale chairs and tables would have fetched hundreds of pounds if put up at Christie’s. The White Lie She dresses cleanly and nicely—cotton or chintz gowns being her usual wear—but she leans to an efflorescence of colour in her bonnet, and has a perfect passion for brilliant tartan shawls. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand The bed was hung with old chintz curtains; the wall-paper displayed a pattern of large faded flowers. Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Dolly did not answer; her back was turned and she was busy tacking chintz along one of the bunks. The Trimming of Goosie Four yards and one-half of chintz in cream-tinted ground, sprinkled with Dresden nosegays gaily dashed with pink and delicate green color, eight cents a yard. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society It was in common good taste—the great Wilton carpet, the large round table, the Chesterfield covered with glossy chintz in roses and birds. The Rainbow Within the cottage the rooms were all done in a chintz and hung in wonderful gauzy draperies, almost unknown to city houses, but quite indispensable to the summer resort. The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest Or, the Wig Wag Rescue The furniture of the room was covered with a cool, fresh chintz. The School Queens A great rug lay in the front square, and on one side was a mahogany settle with feather cushions in gay flowered chintz. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia The lovely liberty chintzes in dark blue and white, and sometimes yellow, red and white on blue, are good to use on these settees, which are first painted black. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society The flowers on the chintz coverings were prettier than real ones, and there was a private bath. The Dust Flower Then having let down the chintz curtains to shield off the intense glare of the sunny snow, Faith assumed Johnny into her own arms. Say and Seal, Volume II A table, covered with books and papers, hanging shelves with more books, a work-basket, a trunk converted into a divan by a cushion and chintz cover, and a rocking-chair, about filled the space. Nobody Edna was at the writing-table revising her notes of the afternoon's lecture, and Clarence was seated close by, while Ruby was whispering earnestly to Daphne on one of the chintz couches. In Brief Authority Cretonne, chintz or printed cotton, will make a good list to choose from, and are inexpensive. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Hindoo languages.—Calico, chintz, cowrie, curry, lac, muslin, toddy, &c. A Handbook of the English Language There was not even the quaint elegance of Mr. Linden's room; this one was wainscotted with light blue and whitewashed, and furnished with the simplest of chintz furniture. Say and Seal, Volume II I can make some of chintz, that will look pretty and not cost much. Nobody He could not help observing her spruce footgear smothered in the dust of the road, her straight proud back, her fine profile outlined against the bright colours of the chintz, and her blue-veined hands. Too Old for Dolls A Novel The Imp sprang into view with a cr-r-r-ick, cr-r-r-ack of falling wood in the great fireplace, and there he stood bowing to Marianne from the left-hand corner of the chintz curtain. Soap-Bubble Stories For Children On January 20th the jug was filled again, and on the same date we find set down "four and a half yards of chintz and one scane of silk." Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm The chintz couch stood empty, so it always stood when Faith saw it, except only in those days of Mr. Linden's confinement with his wound. Say and Seal, Volume II Warm-coloured chintz curtains; the carpet neither fine nor handsome, indeed, but of a hue which did not clash violently with the hue of the draperies; plain, dark furniture; and a blaze of soft coal. Nobody Sara, however, was admitted, and Pens�e received her in a little room, hung with lilac chintz and full of porcelain, at the back of the house. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange A flaw in the printing of the chintz curtain had given him life—a life distinct from that of the other rose leaves. Soap-Bubble Stories For Children That chintz and "scane" of silk look suspicious—they look like tranquilizers for Sarah, his wife. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm The best rooms now are gay with chintz and mirrors, and there are always flowers and books, and little tables to put your teacup on, and sofas, and armchairs. The Magic World The curtains at the bed and the window were of old-fashioned chintz with red figures upon a chocolate ground. Germinie Lacerteux She turned to a booth that had been made of turkey-red chintz in one corner of the room. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 In course of time they arrived—the palest blue, with little harmless frillings to them; and the old chintz was carried off to the Servants' Hall to make a box cover. Soap-Bubble Stories For Children So that night came a great bundle, which, on opening, revealed not only the chintz, but a nice calico, some plaid ribbon, a large black alpaca apron, and an old shirt of Mr. Wallis's. Nine Little Goslings And, drawing aside the light chintz curtains, he disclosed a view that was, to say the least, very discouraging. Lucile Triumphant Her room, hung with bright chintz, looked out on a large garden. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man Madame Wampa, in the chintz tent, recited without expression: "Though you travel east or west, may your luck be the best." McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 What a delight it would be to renovate the old home with chintz hangings and fresh paint and paper! The Wall Between Monseigneur, I will take you to D'Argenson's seraglio; an abbess of twenty-six, and novices of fifteen; a boudoir in India chintz, and cells hung with tapestry. The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental “It’s better than Boston, isn’t it, Rose?” she said, as Rose took her into the big comfortable room, with its high, curtained bed and chintz curtained windows. A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony Directly opposite the door was a lounge or couch; it was covered with blue chintz—India chintz—some that had been brought over by an old Salem sea-captain as a 'venture.' Shapes that Haunt the Dusk I shall have some pretty silk curtains made; and, in the bedrooms, chintz. Athalie Slowly Lucy drove homeward, her dreams of rosy wall papers and gay chintz hangings shattered. The Wall Between Curtains of Indian chintz, of the same pattern as the paper, hung behind the muslin curtains. The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental No chintzes were so smartly calendered as hers, and on the walls were mezzotints of the ladies whom Sir Joshua had painted. The Explorer "I thought there wasn't any room or chintz." Shapes that Haunt the Dusk Henrietta grumbled when they were late for meals, or creased the chintzes, or let the dog in with muddy paws. The Third Miss Symons The ladies wear the mantilla; and the women of the poorer classes wear a petticoat and small jacket, generally of British chintz, with a mantilla of coarser material. Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. Let me see," said Mrs. Brown, with much more alacrity, "Mr. and Mrs. Porter will have the best bed-room and dressing-room; Robert must have the south room, and Katie the chintz. Tom Brown at Oxford The Sheraton furniture and the chintzes suited the style of her beauty. The Explorer The India cotton was the regular blue-stamped chintz, with the peacock figure on it. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk There was the colonel's couch, however; he recognised that, although in its chintz cover, which was no longer new, but faded like the carpet. A Red Wallflower He inspected the gracious room, its chintz hangings, four-poster bed, low wicker chair by the fireplace, fresh Cherokee roses on the mantel; a room of cheerfulness and open spaces. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life It was their own domain, a pleasant, breezy place, with deep wicker chairs, gay chintz curtains, flower boxes, and wide casements opening on a balcony. The Windy Hill Flossie’s was decorated in pink, with chintz hangings, a lovely bed, bookshelves, a desk of inlaid wood, and everything to delight the eye and taste of any girl. The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City How neighborly was the house on the bend, shedding its parlor-candle rays like a beacon by night down the mile of straightaway, or flapping its chintz curtains in the June sunshine! Penguin Persons & Peppermints I'll get some chintz that is dark and bright at once. A Red Wallflower A Spanish title, too, dear, and means ‘chintz’—a ‘calico’, if you please. Dorothy on a Ranch Cretonnes, chintzes, dimities, and silk in crazy work and South Kensington patterns are also used. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources The exquisite bed was framed for a canopy, but lacked it; the coral satin recesses of the dressing-table had faded almost colourless; the chintz of the slender chairs had lost its pattern. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty The most reposeful sofas, the roomiest arm-chairs in all the house were to be found here, covered with a cool shining chintz of the good old-fashioned sort, apple-blossoms and spring-flowers on a white ground. Vixen, Volume III. On the front room Esther had put a warm, dark-looking carpet; the chintz curtains were up and in harmony with the carpet; and the colonel's lounge was new covered with the same stuff. A Red Wallflower There was a high four-poster bed in one corner, with a chintz valance around it, and pink silk quilled into the tester. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation Cretonnes in pale tints and chintzes in harmonizing colors are used for light woods. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources The morning sun peeping in at the lattice-window of her bedroom, and lighting up in its turn, as the moon had done a few hours before, the queer quaint patterns on the old chintz curtains. Hoodie "Dear me, and red curtains on the windows, and a clean print counterpane on the settle—" "A chintz—a chintz," interposed Greta, with a mock whimper. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time The new chintz cover had been put on it; the table was placed properly, and the books which the colonel liked to have at hand lay in their usual position. A Red Wallflower She ushered Lloyd into a room, gay with big-flowered chintz curtains, and quaint with old-fashioned carved furniture. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation The chintz curtain that screened the open window swayed lightly in the night breeze and she jumped nervously. The Gold Girl And I wonder if she will let me sleep in the room where the bed has such beautiful chintz curtains, all covered with pictures, mamma?' Hoodie "The oak and the chintz rooms, I suppose," Sophia timidly suggested. The Light of Scarthey We slept in a stuffy, diamond-paned little room with chintz curtains to windows, bed, and mantelpiece. The Automobilist Abroad I made a bluff of saying it bravely enough, but I inwardly decided that instead of sixteen yards of fresh chintz I’d have to be satisfied with five yards. The Prairie Mother Coloured or printed chintzes, formerly in great demand from India, and among the fine goods of a cargo. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. "You begin to understand now why I said you might call the story 'the chintz curtains,'" she said. Hoodie And my two nieces are next door, I see, as gay as chintz can make them. The Light of Scarthey It was a room of old chintzes and old china, of fragile, distinguished furniture, of family portraits, of miniatures in medallions, and great bowls of roses everywhere. The Creators A Comedy There certainly used to be, and they matched with the chintz cover of the window seat, which was decorated with little bunches of pink roses peeping through trellis. Miss Mapp This bedroom, which was on the ground floor, was a large apartment, containing a marvellously carved four-post bedstead, hung with old-fashioned chintz curtains and draperies. Patty's Summer Days It was all enchanting, and Patty’s gaze rested admiringly upon the chintz draperies and Dresden ornaments, when she heard a tap at her door. Patty's Friends When my friends the Malverns lived here, they had old oak and rather nice chintzes. The Dark Tower He came, in manifest fear and trembling, which feeling we quickly converted into one of delight by investing him with a necklace of glass beads, and a mantle consisting of a piece of flowered chintz. With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure “Or do I understand that a monopoly of cutting up chintz curtains for personal adornment has been bestowed on you by Act of Parliament?” Miss Mapp Provided with two candles apiece, the girls followed Miss Aurora to a large bedroom on the second floor, which also boasted its carved four-poster and chintz draperies. Patty's Summer Days The sunlight, streaming in through the starboard ones, winked on the butterfly clamps of burnished brass and small rods from which the little chintz curtains hung. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions Upon her brightly flowered chintz cushions Dolly lay like the shadow of her former self. Vagabondia 1884 Opening a small door off the hall, opposite the sinister glass portal, Mary entered a sleeping room profusely trimmed up with the brightest of chintz draperies and colorful hangings. The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening “You knew I was meaning to make a frock with chintz roses on it,” said Diva. Miss Mapp Madame Zattiany stood before the long old-fashioned pier glass in her bedroom, a large cheerful room recently done over in white chintz sprayed with violets. Black Oxen She liked Charley, and gave him advice about bedroom chintzes for the inn, and learned how a hotel is provisioned and served. The Job An American Novel The bottom of the box was fitted with a cushion or mattress of chintz, chrysanthemums again, on a pale green ground; and the last parcel of all contained several yards of the same material. Peggy I seated myself cross-legged on the floor, looking up at the sweet face on the bed's edge framed by the chintz. The Reckoning Would Diva, she wondered, be at her window, snipping roses out of chintz curtains? Miss Mapp They would open in a day or two, now, when Mother had finished the livid chintz window-curtains. The Innocents A Story for Lovers There was a broad fireplace, built-in book-shelves, a long table; and, in wicker chairs with chintz cushions, were half a dozen curious girls. The Job An American Novel By its soft light he discovered his wife, fast asleep in the low, wicker armchair, whose gay chintz cover contrasted strangely with her neat dark dress. The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Presently she thrust a sleepy head forth, framed in chintz roses—the flushed face of a child, drowsy eyes winking at the sunbeams, powdered hair twisted up in a heavy knot. The Reckoning “You shall see for yourself”—and then she suddenly remembered that the cupboard was full of chintz curtains and little bunches of pink roses, neatly cut out of them, and a pair of nail scissors. Miss Mapp A few weeks before she left Washington I made two chintz wrappers for her. Behind the Scenes or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House Charley did not know that her knowledge of chintzes was about two weeks old and derived from a buyer at Wanamacy’s. The Job An American Novel These were very refined, but no more effective than a good chintz. Handbook of Embroidery It was a pleasant room, with dormer windows facing east and south, a great fireplace, with a high wire fender, and a huge sofa, covered with red chintz dragons. Margaret Montfort Look very carefully at her dress; see if the poppies on it are of chintz.” Miss Mapp They ascended the stairs slowly, and Hildegarde did not loose her hold of her friend until she had seated her in a comfortable easy-chair in the pretty chintz bedroom. Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls Real India chintzes and palampores are found in these quilts, beautiful and artistic stuffs, and the firm, unyielding, high-priced, ‘real’ French calicoes. Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them It was all draped and furnished with chintz, and had divans as wide as beds. Renée Mauperin But I found there were less means than I had supposed, and though the cooking remained excellent, flowers and new chintzes were dispensed with as unnecessary. The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy Next moment, she called to remembrance the chintz that had once covered Elizabeth’s sofa in the garden-room. Miss Mapp It had a flowered chintz cover then, new and bright. Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls Penelope wore a flower girl's costume, improvised from the remains of the chintz she had brought from New York. Still Jim On board her, there was 30 casks of brandy, 5 hogsheads of wine, several pieces of chintz, and 70l. in money, all of which they took, only Lowther return’d the French Master five pounds again. Pirates Outside the dusk, but in the little room All is alive with light, which brightly glints On curving cup or the stiff folds of chintz, Evoking its own whiteness. The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems “Say I thought of tacking chintz on and told you,” she said. Miss Mapp Her mother's parting gift had been couch-cover, cushions, and hangings for the new room—homespun of a lovely deep blue for cover and cushions, and a delightful rosy chintz for hangings. Judy of York Hill Pen had achieved the homelike with some chintz hangings and a rug. Still Jim Such a quantity of nankeen for the ground, and the loveliest chintz for the centre medallion! Deerbrook I remember the three-cornered and square bits of India chintz which my grandmother showed me in long-preserved "housewives," or "huz-ifs," as she called them. The Development of Embroidery in America While this was being done, Diva bundled her chintz curtains together and stored them and the roses she had cut out into her work-cupboard, for secrecy was an essential to the construction of these decorations. Miss Mapp Miss Ashwell found it in one of the shops," said Peggy, "and we painted the border ourselves to match the chintz. Judy of York Hill The chintz curtain was pulled aside, and out marched a figure with so jaunty an air as to banish utterly the idea of possible homesickness or tears. The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life The faded upholstery on the tall, high-backed chairs had been covered over with slips of rose-colored chintz, and in each little recess had been placed a matching sofa. The Heart of Arethusa It had high posts and curtains and valance of pale-blue flowered chintz. A Little Girl in Old Boston For what garish purpose could she want to use bunches of roses cut out of chintz curtains? Miss Mapp It was as well to acquire support on both sides, for the surface of the glazed chintz was slippery, inconveniently unsustaining to his equilibrium. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Being a dutiful mother, Mrs. Barraclough asked no questions;—instead she arranged accommodation and bought some new dimity chintzes for the top floor bedrooms. Men of Affairs Pleasant and fresh in the footlights the chintzes with which they are covered, Giving a summer effect, helped out by the plants in the fireplace. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 12, 1916 A large bedstead with faded chintz hangings, a bureau, a table, and two chairs completed the furniture. A Little Girl in Old Boston Her eye fell on it the moment she entered the room, and she tucked the two chintz roses more securely into her glove. Miss Mapp The glazed surfaces of its flowery-patterned chintzes gave back the brightness of candles and shaded lamps, while drawn curtains shut out the somewhat mournful prospect of sodden garden, bare trees, and gray, enshrouding mist. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Phillida pulled the chain of a lamp bright under a shade of peacock chintz, and watched me stoop to look at the faded bindings. The Thing from the Lake He marked down his prints, his chintzes, his dimities and his veilings with a grand and lavish hand. The Lost Girl Then Recompense arranged a nice dressing table with a white cover and a pretty bowl and ewer, and a low chair beside it covered with chintz cushions. A Little Girl in Old Boston Spare chest-of-drawers from dressing-room—cover a box with one of the old chintz curtains for an ottoman—enamel the old blue furniture—new carpet and bedstead, say five or six pounds outlay—yes! About Peggy Saville His "studio" is a tiny shop, with a gaudy chintz curtain for door, the window decorated with prints of the tattooed bodies of his clients. Nights in London Seated there, in one of the deep willow-chairs Phillida had cushioned in peacock chintz and marked especially mine by laying my favorite magazines on its arm, I studied my new trophy of the night. The Thing from the Lake It's the smell of old oak, and potpourri, and books and chintz, and autumn leaves and pine trees, mixed together. Lady Betty Across the Water Her cheeks were like roses now, and Betty's kitchen apron made another frock over hers of gay chintz, that had been exhumed from the chest. A Little Girl in Old Boston The chintz curtains were finished and hung; the Maguire rugs made their appearance; Mr. Turner produced a shiny alarm clock; and Nancy a roll of colored prints which she had cut from the magazines. Ted and the Telephone It was almost as wonderful a specimen of art as my chintz hanging. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 She felt a little dubious about appearing on such a great occasion, almost in Albany, in a chintz dress and with no wrap. Marcia Schuyler Mine, at home, has all the furniture covered with faded chintz, and the curtains are made of plain white dimity. Lady Betty Across the Water So Lilla moved Parr and his astounded relatives to a pretty little dwelling in Greenwich Village, with waxed floors, chintz hangings at the windows, and Delia Robbia plaques in the sitting room. Sacrifice "I shall have enough chintz for curtains for all your windows," interrupted Nancy, who had been busy taking careful measurements during the conversation. Ted and the Telephone The sides are hung with a gaudy chintz, which I consider a perfect marvel of calico-printing. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Mary Ann followed meekly watching with wonder and envy as Marcia made her bargain with the kindly merchant, and selected her chintz. Marcia Schuyler Gay chintz curtains vied with the copper and brass to liven the rooms that had always been shrouded in darkness. Phyllis A Twin Seated in her cosy, well furnished drawing-room, with its silken curtains and bright chintzes in the English style, I told her exactly what Rasputin and Anna had instructed me to say. The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia Real India chintzes and palampours are found in these quilts, beautiful and artistic stuffs, and the firm, unyielding, high-priced, "real" French calicoes. Home Life in Colonial Days The two windows had broad window-seats, and on one of these, in a small chair, made of stiff pasteboard and covered with a flowered chintz, sat "Josephine," Winifred's most treasured doll. A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia Her stepmother called her sharply and she dressed in haste, not even taking time to glance toward the new folds of chintz that drew her thoughts closetward. Marcia Schuyler She wore a chintz gown dyed with little red and yellow flowers that was looped up over the hips, and at her waist hung a bunch of heavy, wrought keys. In the Border Country The chintz curtains were almost covered with little flags, emblems, feathery grasses, and the like, pinned here and there in picturesque confusion. Three Margarets But after I had sat up once—once parted with the dreary prospect of the chintz and lace which curtained my bed—I was a little stronger. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 The door had hardly closed behind her when Winifred's head appeared from under the chintz valance of the bed, and she looked cautiously about. A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia 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. Marcia Schuyler And this time the missing jewel box was found, with the necklace, rings and brooches all intact, in a chintz sewing bag covered with pink roses! Possessed Each contained a pretty brass bedstead, a comfortable chair or two, and curtains and cushions of flowered chintz. Three Margarets The pretty chintz couch laughed at the oaken, high-backed chair, stiff with a century of worm-eaten state. Olive A Novel For a little while the girls worked steadily, covering with chintz the cardboard pieces that would form the chair. A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia There were dainty sprigs of pink over the white ground, and every berry that dropped into her bright pail was no longer a berry but a sprig of pink chintz. Marcia Schuyler “The jewels are—in this room—in a chintz sewing bag,” the psychic declared slowly, her eyes far away. Possessed Christianna lifted a coloured handkerchief and drew from the basket a little bag of flowered chintz, roses and tulips, drawn up with a blue ribbon. The Long Roll The chairs and couches were upholstered in black-and-white chintz, with a profusion of cushions of both hues, and the pictures on the white walls were etchings in black oak frames. Afterwards The furniture is covered with a chintz of similar pattern, and the curtains, carpet, and lamp-shades correspond. The 'Mind the Paint' Girl A Comedy in Four Acts She had been planning exactly how that pink sprigged chintz was to be made, and which parts she would cut first in order to save time and material. Marcia Schuyler A light screen, made like a clothes-frame, and covered with paper or chintz, should be furnished for bedrooms occupied by two persons, so that ablutions can be performed in privacy. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School The lining of the window curtains," she said, "is good, stout, small figured chintz. The Long Roll Beside her, administering restoratives, sat Miss Blythe, in a chintz dress belonging to the cook, which was ridiculously too large for her. My Doggie and I I sat down beside a very stout Hottentot girl, whose dress of showy chintz was as much a subject of interest to herself as of indifference to the congregation. Six Months at the Cape So she set her heart upon the new chintz. Marcia Schuyler There was also, to all appearance, Mrs Roby’s own identical bed, with its chintz curtains. Rivers of Ice Cretonne, chintz, dress linings, crape, velveteen, and lace are made of cotton. Textiles and Clothing "Are you in love?" challenged Jean, searching in a big chintz bag where she kept her handiwork for a piece of unfinished sewing. The Angel of Terror Many of the women wore old Dutch chintz gowns, or jackets, the costume of the remainder being the native sarong and kabya. Mark Seaworth Her heart beat high as she tried it on at last, the new chintz that she had made. Marcia Schuyler The latter was lined with mahogany, had gilt mouldings, and the sofas which surrounded it were covered with cool, clean, antibilious-looking chintz, while in the centre there was a sociable table, with a skylight overhead. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar It was not a very aesthetic piece of art or ornamentation, being only composed of coloured flowers carefully cut out of a piece of chintz, before being gummed upon the inside of the glass tube. The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise We have chintz in the house, which was intended for the women's trowsers; that will probably do. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan She had everything befitting a doll of her station and appearance—a comfortable bed with white curtains, an arm-chair with a chintz cushion, private brushes and combs, and an elegant travelling trunk. The Hawthorns A Story about Children |
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