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i would love this if my name was blanch or rose and i had a linnai

I like it. Not necessarily the chair *and* those sheets, but the chair I like, in the right place.

Found it odd it was being rolled out in fall, and not in summer, where it seems a natural. I think it's also a catalog-only thing, and it's the Bed & Bath catalog at that.

But I think it only technically chintz if it is a glazed cotton, but I could be wrong.

I would *sparingly* use chintz. A chair or some pillows, but not a living room set. Or curtains. Or sheets.

Nope. No chintz. Not a chance. I might come to your home and admire your chic and minimal way with chintz, kind of how every now and then I see a woman who actually looks good in her gauchos (so rare). But I would not part with my money to try it.

I think I was reading Met Home (i think) and they, too were talking about chintz. It kind of surprised me. In **small** doses, I think it could be ok.

p(too)'s right -- Chintz is glazed cotton. That chair fabric looks like a revival of 1950s barkcloth, which usually came in big floral prints reminiscent of Hawaiian shirts (also trendy at that time).

No chintz for me, though I would have considered the barkcloth back in 2001.

I think it is beautiful, I do love chintz, and I could imagine it somewhere in my house. But what struck me when I saw it in the catalog is that there is only one print/color available. So thousands (?) of people all over the country will have the exact same upholstered chair. I wonder why they didn't at least offer a range of colors. Maybe they are testing the market.

I like the chair, but I can't commit to a print in a chair or sofa. I know I'd get sick of it after a year or less.

I like typical barkcloth-like w/ patterns...used sparingly. I always think of chintz as those small-pattern with lots of red flowers on tea pots n stuff.

My Pottery Barn catalog this week was the Home Office/Organization one and had the chair on the inside cover in a cool home office with orange walls. There the chair seemed interesting and yes, I think it's more like barkcloth than chintz. A small bit of funky floral to shake things up sounds great! But typically, I despise chintz-too shiny and makes me think of a college sorority.

...just looking at the fabric on that chair brings up the smell of musty old porches on humid summer bungalows in the late '50's. I'm assuming most AT readers were not even imagined then, but I look at it and see grandma. Not for me. Not now.

I saw this last night in the Home Office PB catalog at my brother's house and thought, this is nice for PB, a patterned chair that looks just like something you would find in a 4 star hotel (or time share condo) in Hawaii...now you can have it at home. They say the 80's style is returning to decorating...The print reminds me of a fabric my mother had in the 80's on some wing back chairs.
I do like it, but I wouldn't call this chintz.
Does anyone else get so bored half way through the PB catalogs, can't they edit?

I think the PB catalogs end too soon. I love their photo styling, especially in Fall.

Oooh, I love that! It doesn't look like Chintz to me at all, much closer to barkcloth, definitely.

This chair makes my stomach hurt. The obvious reason is the fabric. It's awful any way you put it. I prefer design not to be funny. This fabric is just hilarious. I don't think hilarious makes a good interior. In addition, the actual structure just screams "modern lite." The legs seem especially cheap.

Trends come and go, and this is definitely a trend (just like the whole temptation to mix Victorian and modern). This chair is definitely trying to hard to keep up with people's tastes.

I'm not saying it's bad to mix styles. It's just obvious when certain designs are trying too hard to be "of the time." Perhaps it's that it is not really modern ... it's actually rather retro.

chintz can be great but this one doesn't make it. the green is too muddy, for one.

and the legs make the whole thing look as if it's trying too hard to be hip, which makes it doubly sad.