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  • There are enough silks and feathered hats in their pictures to open a shop, enough chinoiseries to fill a museum, enough flowers to hold a funeral.

    Mortal Longings Fraser, Caroline 1996

  • Chinese art in the West has been limited to a continu - ation of the popular vogue for chinoiseries and the decorative arts.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas DONALD F. LACH 1968

  • Whatever else it was, the Anglo-Chinese garden was certainly another art form which came under the influence of the vogue for ornamenting through chinoiseries.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas DONALD F. LACH 1968

  • Monkeys came fre - quently into his fantastic decorations and they were regularly added to chinoiseries for exotic effects.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas DONALD F. LACH 1968

  • While the artists themselves were not influenced by the conception of China found in the philosophes, there is no doubt that the popularity of the chinoiseries owed

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas DONALD F. LACH 1968

  • Louis XIV, drew chinoiseries for engravers that were even more fantastic and vivacious than the paintings of Watteau.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas DONALD F. LACH 1968

  • It came out in her by heredity, he amused himself with declaring, this love of chinoiseries; but she actually this evening didn't mind -- he might deal with her Chinese as he could.

    The Golden Bowl — Volume 1 Henry James 1879

  • It came out in her by heredity, he amused himself with declaring, this love of chinoiseries; but she actually this evening didn't mind -- he might deal with her Chinese as he could.

    The Golden Bowl — Complete Henry James 1879

  • It came out in her by heredity, he amused himself with declaring, this love of chinoiseries; but she actually this evening didn't mind -- he might deal with her Chinese as he could.

    The Golden Bowl — Volume 1 Henry James 1879

  • It came out in her by heredity, he amused himself with declaring, this love of chinoiseries; but she actually this evening didn't mind -- he might deal with her Chinese as he could.

    The Golden Bowl — Complete Henry James 1879

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