LEWIS, Frank. English Chintz. From Earliest Times Until the Present Day.

LEWIS, Frank. English Chintz. From Earliest Times Until the Present Day.LEWIS, Frank. English Chintz. From Earliest Times Until the Present Day. Benfleet, Essex: F. Lewis. [1935]. Large 4to. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt, original dust wrapper, priced 63 shillings (3 Guineas); pp. 36, [2], tipped in frontispiece of a photographic depiction on an interior of printworks, 152 tipped in plates with descriptive text on versos; inevitable, but only light wear to wrappers, minimal spotting only here and there to the

LEWIS, Frank. English Chintz. From Earliest Times Until the Present Day. Benfleet, Essex: F. Lewis. [1935].

Large 4to. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt, original dust-wrapper, priced 63 shillings (3 Guineas); pp. 36, [2], tipped-in frontispiece of a photographic depiction on an interior of printworks, 152 tipped-in plates with descriptive text on versos; inevitable, but only light wear to wrappers, minimal spotting only here and there to the interior, a very good copy in the rarely preserved wrappers; contemporary ownership inscription J. A. Dobinson to front paste-down.

First and limited edition, number 57 of 500 copies printed. An illustrated chronology of English chintz printing from the earliest times to the mid-1930s. The technique originates from Hyderabad, and the word derives from Hindi 'chimt', meaning speckled or spotted.

Provenance: J. A. Dobinson worked for Stead McAlpin & Co., founded in 1835 and still one of the major cotton printers and suppliers of specimens reproduced in this volume as coordinator between the designers and the printing technicians.

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