Discover how to make Chinoiserie eggs, step by step, with these easy directions. You’ll create a beautiful blue and white Easter centerpiece that you’ll love for years to come. Beautiful ...

But the imagery of chinoiserie is hardly benign. “It’s an incredibly destructive and troubling way of looking at the other,” Moon says. She cites the example of a 1755 porcelain work called ...

Dorothy Draper, the mother of American interior design, was a master at mixing patterns, with her liberal use of motifs and colors. She paired glossy black-and-white checkered floors and thick ...

Chinoiserie was not only a style but an ideology. The arrival of blue-and-white porcelain in Europe some 500 years ago (first as ballast on merchant ships from China) ignited an obsession with the ...

The history of chinoiserie wallpaper is rich and deeply intertwined with Chinese culture and its influence on European style. "Hand-painted Chinese wallpapers were originally produced in the 1700s ...

Chinoiserie at the Met — how global trade created a glorious cultural mash-up on whatsapp (opens in a new window) Save Ariella Budick. Published April 29 2025. Jump to comments section Print ...