chintz

Noun

chintz (countable and uncountable, plural chintzes)

1. A painted or stained calico fabric, originally produced in India, and known for its brightly colored designs.
   • The morning air waved to and fro the chintz curtains of a large and, for a London one, a very cheerful-looking room, whose windows opened to the Thames.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Chamber of Death”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 263
   • And Presently Melisande withdrew. Her mistress, in a white peignoir tied with a blue sash, lay in a great chintz chair, gazing out of the bay-window. The quadrangle below was very beautiful, with its walls of rugged grey, its cloisters, its grass carpet.1911, Max Beerbohm, chapter II, in Zuleika Dobson