I have always loved the color purple and chintz.
I have always loved the color purple and chintz. When I was little, I wanted a purple dress. My mother said I could not have one, because purple was a color old ladies wore, and I was not an old lady. Over the years I also heard that purple was a royal color, not to be worn by commoners such as myself, but only by those born into a royal family who were deserving enough to wear the color purple. I am old now, and I can wear whatever I want to. Chintz is a wonderful thing. It is pretty in all forms I have ever seen of it, and there are infinite forms of chintz. I recall walking through the furniture department at a high-end store when I was young, and they had a set of chairs that were covered in chintz fabric. They were not covered in a floral design or a combination of many blended colors, but they were striped in two colors that I can't even recall. What I remember most is the feel of the chintz fabric. It was smooth to the touch, tightly covering the padded seats and arms o...