Show Origin of Chintz Goes Back to Indian Process Chintz so beloved by the English first appeared in Great Britain in the th Eighteenth century being brought by sailing ships from India These first printed pieces were in the shape of ot large oblongs just the right size for tor bedspreads bedspread They were known mown as The most popular design was the tree of life found manufactured on many man m a n y British chintzes states a writer in the Chi Chi- Chicago Chicago cago Tribune The manner of at making the first chintzes in India was such a lengthy and complicated process that the fabric brought tremendous prices The demand for chintzes grew by such leaps and bounds however that soon European manufacturers were forced to copy them and thus II e S a s expensive processes were evolved Then some one invented the method of making prints all in one color I and the tones of blue red land land mauve of that period were the result France lowered the price of Chintzes and soon places every every- everywhere everywhere the business where were entering |