French Chinoiserie

Jean Hugues Taraval French, 1729-1785 Chinoiserie Scenes of Children at Play

Jean Hugues Taraval French, 1729-1785 Chinoiserie Scenes of Children at Play

Jean Hugues Taraval French, 1729-1785 Chinoiserie Scenes of Children at Play

French School, 18th Century chinoiseries: a lady and gentleman in a garden with a boy playing skittles; a lady and two children in an ornamental garden a pair, both within feigned gilt rococo frames upon a marble background, both oil on canvas

Chinoiserie is a French term referring to French Chinese inspired style and influence on furniture, Art, decorative arts and architecture usually made to imitate Chinese style and is characterized by fanciful imaginary of a romanticized China. Chinoiserie entered the European repertory in the mid-to-late 17th century; the work of Athanasius Kircher had a lot of influence on the study of orientalism. The popularity of chinoiserie peaked around the middle of the 18th century, when it was easily assimilated into rococo by the works of François Boucher. It declined when it seemed to European eyes the very antithesis of neoclassicism.

Chinoiserie is expressed entirely in the decorative arts of Europe, and its expression in architecture was entirely in the field of whimsical follies. Various European monarchs, such as Louis XV of France, gave special favor to Chinoiserie, as it blended well with the rococo style. Entire rooms, such as those at Château de Chantilly, were painted with Chinoiserie compositions, and artists such as Antoine Watteau and others brought expert craftsmanship to the style.

Not every adaptation of Chinese design principles falls within mainstream "chinoiserie." Chinoiserie media included "japanned" ware imitations of lacquer and painted tin (tôle) ware that imitated japanning, early painted wallpapers in sheets, after engravings by Jean-Baptiste Pillement, and ceramic figurines and table ornaments.

Ormolu Mounted Sevres Chinoiserie vases (1779) once owned by French Queen Marie-Antoinette and now in the English Royal Collection

From my collection a pair Old Paris porcelain French Chinoiserie vases 1840's

Detail of amazing French Chinoiserie painting

Detail of amazing French Chinoiserie painting

French Chinoiserie 18th century painting at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs

French Chinoiserie 18th century painting at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs

French Chinoiserie 18th century painting at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs

French Chinoiserie 18th century painting at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs

Ormolu mounted Chinoiserie lacquerer 18th century furniture at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs

Ormolu mounted Chinoiserie lacquerer 18th century furniture at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs

Ormolu mounted Chinoiserie lacquerer 18th century furniture at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs

Sèvres Chinoiserie coffee cup early 19th century at the Musée national de céramique de Sèvres 

Ormolu mounted Chinese lacquerer at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs

Sèvres Chinoiserie tea pot 1830's at the Musée national de céramique de Sèvres

FINE FRENCH CHINOISERIE DECORATED UPRIGHT PIANO, signed Bittner, Paris, circa 1880, serial number 250, the mechanism by G. Ploucahrt/J. Huron, Blois, France, having barley twist carved supports, the lacquered allover gilt decorations depicting figures in landscapes with dragon detailing;

Chinese Pavilion at the Désert de Retz 1780's.

French gilt bronze and lacquer chinoiserie embelished inkstand, the ormolu base of irregular contour and framing a gilt and black lacquer rendition of a Chinese man in a landscape, the left side with ceramic blossoms issuing from a short support for the turquoise-glazed ink receptacle with gilt metal liner and pierced lid centered by another blossom

French Old Paris porcelain period Charles X Chinoiserie sugar bowl

Pair of French Old Paris chinoiserie figural porcelain scent bottles, fourth quarter-19th century; form of emperor and empress dressed in pink, black and beige robes, heavy gilt decoration,

A Pair of Chinoiserie Cobalt and Heavily Gilt Ginger Jars , 19th c., probably French, with all-over gilt floral decoration on one side and butterflies and moths on the other,

Chinoiserie Tole gazebo at Parc & Château de Bagatelle

 From my collection one of a pair French Chinoiserie transfer plate 1830's

FINE OLD PARIS PORCELAIN VEILLEUSE French. 19th Century. Comprising: pot, stand and base. With chinoiserie decoration, base and pot gilded.

Le Thé, A Louis XV Aubusson Chinoiserie Tapestry, third quarter 18th century, after Jean-Joseph Dumons and François B

woven with a seated Mandarin and lady taking tea in the open air with a small hut visible to the far right, with an attendant holding a parasol to create shade, with a small boy having tripped at their feet and broken a tea cup, with another attendant pouring the boiling water from the stove and making more tea, all in an exotic landscape of tropical trees, flowers and plants, with a pagoda in the distance, in a four-sided shield cartouche and acanthus frame border,

SUPERB FRENCH GILT BRONZE FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCK in the Chinoiserie manner. Woman in engraved Chinese long dress holding fan standing on and leaning against tasseled pillow supported by clock.

fine hand-painted decoration in the Asian taste with gilt highlights, oval panels with exotic birds on one side, other side with figures, finials with seated figures, French, 19th century,

one with three Chinese children with hoop, one with four Chinese children with cart, circle of Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728-1808, oil on canvas,

A very fine and rare gilt-bronze mounted Chinese red lacquered commode stamped I. Dubois

AN IMPORTANT BEAUVAIS CHINOISERIE TAPESTRY REPRESENTING 'THE EMPEROR ON A VOYAGE'