India chintz

American  

noun

1. a sturdy, heavyweight fabric constructed in a figured weave, used especially in upholstery.

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Example Sentences

And this was, perhaps, my secret desire: Though my mother would be dead for Pro Bono Gitney, for Private William Williams she was still in the garden; when we returned, she would be perched there in straw hat and bright India chintz, exchanging daisies for phlox; and she would stand and hold out her arms to us—“Octavian! William!”; and we should run to her and tell her our triumphs, our travails; and sit throughout the long afternoon.

From Literature

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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?

From Project Gutenberg

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.'

From Project Gutenberg

Then she thought of the story of the sea-captain, and said, "Miss Keys, did you ever have a lounge covered with India chintz, with a figure of a peacock on it, given to you in Salem by a sea-captain, who brought it from India?"

From Project Gutenberg