El chintz (plural de chint) fue en su origen un tejido calicó fuerte y brillante, procedente de la India, estampado con flores, frutas, pájaros y otros diseños en diferentes colores, típicamente sobre un fondo liso claro, su lustrosa apariencia se debía a la finísima capa de cera que lo recubría para porteger el tejido y el dibujo. El término «chintz» es un derivado hindú de la palabra en sánscrito ‘chitra’, que significa moteado o brillante. Los diseños florales característicos —únicos y audaces— y el proceso de acabado propio del chintz —a base de calor, presión y cera, almidón, resina o actualmente silicona— han ayudado a que la tela resista la prueba del tiempo y se siga produciendo hoy en día.

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Chintz (from the plural of chint) was originally glazed calico textiles, initially specifically those imported from India, printed with designs featuring flowers and other patterns in different colours, typically on a light plain background. Since the 19th century the term has also been used for the style of floral decoration developed in those calico textiles, but then used more widely, for example on chintzware pottery and wallpaper. Chintz designs are mostly European patterns loosely derived from the style of Indian designs themselves reflecting, via Mughal art, decorative traditions in Islamic art such as the arabesque, and especially the Safavid art of Persia. Unglazed calico was traditionally called "cretonne". The word calico is derived from the name of the Indian city Calicut (Kozhikkode in native Malayalam) to which it had a manufacturing association. In contemporary language the word "chintz" and "chintzy" can be used to refer to clothing or furnishings which are vulgar or florid in appearance, and commonly in informal speech, to refer to cheap, low quality, or gaudy things, including personal behavior.

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