Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinoiseries
Literary usage of Chinoiseries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practical Book of Interior Decoration by Harold Donaldson Eberlein, Edward Stratton Holloway, Abbot MacClure (1919)
"All manner of Chinese motifs were combined into genial compositions for panels
and other features, and from these graceful chinoiseries it was but a step to ..."
2. Catalogue of the Inaugural Exhibition June 6-September 20, 1916 by Cleveland Museum of Art (1916)
"Subject on one side, blindman's- buff, on the other a landscape. Panels of
chinoiseries. French. Louis XIV. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Homer Wade. 58 FAN. ..."
3. De Luxe Illustrated Catalogue of the Extensive and Very Valuable Artistic by Luigi Orselli, Horace Townsend, American Art Association (1921)
"Painted, in black and gold, on a red lacquer ground with chinoiseries. Height.
... Decorated, in gold lacquer on a red ground, with chinoiseries. ..."
4. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1915)
"The door opens on chinoiseries. The mild white maid with many frills Stands
expectant. There are curtains at her back Hot and red—no gray. ..."
5. The Contemporary Review (1898)
"chinoiseries "-of Asiatic politics is beyond my province. Nearly forty years in
the country have left me little wiser in this respect than I was on the day ..."
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