EXOTIC FASHION.—Chinoiserie, manifestations of a desire to evoke the beautiful but wholly imaginary land of Cathay that swept over Europe from the eleventh to the nineteenth centuries, took many forms. Though paintings and ceramics were the most popular expressions of the craze, perhaps the most striking were the pagodas and pavilions that appeared in European gardens. The picture above shows the pagoda fountain at Alton Towers in Staffordshire that was built about 1824. The picture is from “Chinoiserie” (John Murray), a work in which Hugh Honour explains and illustrates Europe’s strangest exotic fashion.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29744, 10 February 1962, Page 3
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93EXOTIC FASHION.—Chinoiserie, manifestations of a desire to evoke the beautiful but wholly imaginary land of Cathay that swept over Europe from the eleventh to the nineteenth centuries, took many forms. Though paintings and ceramics were the most popular expressions of the craze, perhaps the most striking were the pagodas and pavilions that appeared in European gardens. The picture above shows the pagoda fountain at Alton Towers in Staffordshire that was built about 1824. The picture is from “Chinoiserie” (John Murray), a work in which Hugh Honour explains and illustrates Europe’s strangest exotic fashion. Press, Volume CI, Issue 29744, 10 February 1962, Page 3
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