Chinoiserie

The annual preview party of the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show Oct. 28-31 raises funds for enterprise work programs; with sneak peeks of the loan exhibition, "Chinoiserie," first dibs on goods from international dealers and a cocktail buffet. 7 p.m.

SFGate: Top News Stories 2011

The annual Preview Party of the San Francisco Fall Antiques Show (Oct. 28-31) raises funds for enterprise work programs; with sneak peeks of the loan exhibition, "Chinoiserie," as well as first dibs on exquisite goods from international dealers and a McCall Associates cocktail buffet. 7 p.m.

SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

For Chinoiserie wallpaper, Mr. Smith likes Gracie Inc. graciestudio.com

Rhapsody In Blue and Gold Jen Renzi 2011

This year's theme was Bal de Chinoiserie, which gave the event planners an excuse to play with plenty of excessive Asian party favors.

Following the Fellowship of the Frick Valentine Uhovski 2011

And I was happy to find myself in one of the old lifts, restored to its original glory with glistening red 1920s Chinoiserie lacquer, which took me up to the Claude Monet Suite on the sixth floor.

The Smartest Hotel in the World Julian Fellowes 2010

But he took the role with total seriousness, never as a series of star-turns, and helped transform this 1926 piece of Italian Chinoiserie into something genuinely affecting.

A Season of Meager Delights David Littlejohn 2011

To get this experiential effect, I'll often use murals or Chinoiserie wallpaper—elements that transport you to a different place.

Rhapsody In Blue and Gold Jen Renzi 2011

Gazing at their done-over barns and railroad apartments in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, one gets the definite sense that their "undecorated" spaces are a bit more decorated than our own undecorated spaces, and one secretly suspects that one's own life may not yield up the time to stumble across handpainted Chinoiserie wallpaper by the storied French firm de Gournay or antique Etruscan pottery brought back from a trip to Beirut.

The Rise of the Personal Katie Roiphe 2011

But push it back and climb the stairs, and you enter another world; a plush bar, kitted out with hints of Chinoiserie — a nod to its location — a bar made out of a piano, and lampshades made from teapots.

Secret Bars Offer Whimsy Galore Jemima Sissons 2010

So one room is the shoe/hat room and the other room is my clothing and it's all done in Chinoiserie style, so I have these special closet pagodas built that hold my shoes.

Dita Von Teese On Her Teen Years, Painful Shoes & Thin Models The Huffington Post News Team 2010