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A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

The Cloth That Changed the World: India's Painted and Printed Cottons

Sept 12, 2020 – Sept 6, 2021
100 Queens Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6, Canada

India’s painted and printed cottons are the perfect metaphor for a world woven together as one. These gorgeous florals and toiles, called “Indiennes” but also known as “chintz,” were desired around the globe. In this exhibition, the Royal Ontario Museum looks at India’s textile innovations and inventive design motifs, its influence on fashion, and the way these colorful, covetable cottons connected cultures. —L.J.

Photo: Sophena Kwon, Maiwa.