Gallery

Chinese influences, Western fashion

These material memories of fashion, furniture and craftsmanship demonstrate how motifs and objects from China took over the West, elegantly influencing its tastes and production. Gallery curated by EFHA for the PAGODE project

Curated by Published gallery

40 items

Ausstellung: Ostasiatische Kunst und Chinoiserie
Leather slipper with wooden wedge shaped like a dragon
[Depublished item]
Schotel bij trembleuse met veelkleurige beschildering met chinoiserie
Pencil skirt by Hoo Tjoe Hing with bouquets
[Depublished item]
dish
dish
Vase
Design sketch in Chinoiserie style
Tisch mit Chinoiserie-Malereien
Bag
White satin cardigan (man)
Cotton tunic by Asmoro with mythical animals, fishes and the symbol for long life
vase
[Manufacture Chapillon. Papier à motif répétitif. Motif répétitif à deux chemins, en quinc…
Tea caddy and cover, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, made by Meissen por…
[Depublished item]
Yellow Vase with Black Chinoiseries
Folding fan with chinoiserie landscape, made in Great Britain or France, 18h century. Fold…
Lotus shoes
Patch of cream cotton, both sides printed with chinoiserie motifs
[Depublished item]
[Depublished item]
White circular strainer with wavy edge and three feet, painted with chinoiserie flowers in…
Coffee pot with cover of red stoneware (<i>rosso antico</i> ware) with glazed interior, pa…
Mrs Garrick's dress, sack back gown and petticoat of Chinese painted silk, London, 1760-17…
Vase
Cotton pencil skirt with bouquets of chrysanthemums, birds and butterflies
Lion Dance Costume
Evening Purse in Black Satin with Chinese Embroidery
Fan.
Fan.
Cream silk sack-back and petticoat made from a mantua from the late 1730s. The fabric is e…
Robe of painted cream floral Chinese silk, made in England, 1780-1790. Robe of cream Chine…
Girl's parasol, pale blue moiré silk trimmed with matching braid and silk fringing, French…
Folding fan in paper with printed drawings
Blue silk day dress in the Chinoiserie style. It is pale grey-blue silk embroidered with g…
Folding fan, leaf of vellum painted in watercolours with carved mother-of-pearl sticks, le…
Fan, Chinoiserie design painted in watercolour on stamped paper, Dutch, 1740-1760. Fan wit…