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

Kramer, Rudolph (Herstellung) (Fotograf)

Deutsche Fotothek

Leather slipper with wooden wedge shaped like a dragon

National Museum of World Cultures Foundation

[Unpublished item]
Schotel bij trembleuse met veelkleurige beschildering met chinoiserie

Rijksmuseum

Pencil skirt by Hoo Tjoe Hing with bouquets

National Museum of World Cultures Foundation

[Unpublished item]
dish

Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

dish

Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

Vase

Toy Museum of the City of Nuremberg

Design sketch in Chinoiserie style

Rijksmuseum

Tisch mit Chinoiserie-Malereien

Schaal, Margot (Herstellung) (Fotograf)

Deutsche Fotothek

Bag

Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation

White satin cardigan (man)

Kunstmuseum Den Haag

Cotton tunic by Asmoro with mythical animals, fishes and the symbol for long life

National Museum of World Cultures Foundation

vase

Tallinn City Museum

[Manufacture Chapillon. Papier à motif répétitif. Motif répétitif à deux chemins, en quinc…

National Library of France

Tea caddy and cover, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, made by Meissen por…

Victoria and Albert Museum

[Unpublished item]
Yellow Vase with Black Chinoiseries

Nagel, Heinz (Herstellung) (Fotograf)

Deutsche Fotothek

Folding fan with chinoiserie landscape, made in Great Britain or France, 18h century. Fold…

Victoria and Albert Museum

Lotus shoes

Textile Research Centre Leiden

Patch of cream cotton, both sides printed with chinoiserie motifs

Fries Museum

[Unpublished item]
[Unpublished item]
White circular strainer with wavy edge and three feet, painted with chinoiserie flowers in…

Victoria and Albert Museum

Coffee pot with cover of red stoneware (<i>rosso antico</i> ware) with glazed interior, pa…

Victoria and Albert Museum

Mrs Garrick's dress, sack back gown and petticoat of Chinese painted silk, London, 1760-17…

Victoria and Albert Museum

Vase

Toy Museum of the City of Nuremberg

Cotton pencil skirt with bouquets of chrysanthemums, birds and butterflies

National Museum of World Cultures Foundation

Lion Dance Costume

National Museum of World Cultures Foundation

Evening Purse in Black Satin with Chinese Embroidery

Modemuseum Hasselt

Fan.

Gabinetto Fotografico SBAS. (Photographer)

Pitti Palace - Museum of Costume and Fashion

Fan.

Gabinetto Fotografico SBAS. (Photographer)

Pitti Palace - Museum of Costume and Fashion

Cream silk sack-back and petticoat made from a mantua from the late 1730s. The fabric is e…

Victoria and Albert Museum

Robe of painted cream floral Chinese silk, made in England, 1780-1790. Robe of cream Chine…

Victoria and Albert Museum

Girl's parasol, pale blue moiré silk trimmed with matching braid and silk fringing, French…

Victoria and Albert Museum

Folding fan in paper with printed drawings

Modemuseum Hasselt

Blue silk day dress in the Chinoiserie style. It is pale grey-blue silk embroidered with g…

Nicaud; Nicaud; Nicaud (Designer); …

Victoria and Albert Museum

Folding fan, leaf of vellum painted in watercolours with carved mother-of-pearl sticks, le…

Victoria and Albert Museum

Fan, Chinoiserie design painted in watercolour on stamped paper, Dutch, 1740-1760. Fan wit…

Victoria and Albert Museum