Are you looking to spruce up your space with bamboo furniture pieces? Here's why you might want to consider scouting out your ...

Chinoiserie. What is chinoiserie and what does it have to do with bamboo? In French, it means “Chinese taste.” In short, it is a romantic European interpretation of Asian decor that became ...

A couple spent $88,000 decorating the master bedroom of Jersey City’s most expensive single-family home, mixing Asian touches like bamboo with a French-bed reproduction.

The term "chinoiserie" exemplifies the fascination of China for the West. From the 1700s to the present time, exotic, ... hand forged silver objects and even delicate bamboo blinds. Significantly, ...

Chinoiserie provided an escape from the strict symmetry and restraint of the Baroque period, offering a new artistic outlet. Charlottenburg Palace Porcelain Room (Germany) ...

Chinoiserie was not only a style but an ideology. The arrival of blue-and-white porcelain in Europe some 500 years ago (first as ballast on merchant ships from China) ignited an obsession with the ...

Application of the term chinoiserie to this class of Meissen porcelains is problematic, however, because Johann Gregor Höroldt and his painters developed ideas from a variety of sources and referred ...

Chinoiserie at the Met — how global trade created a glorious cultural mash-up on whatsapp (opens in a new window) Save Ariella Budick. Published April 29 2025. Jump to comments section Print ...