Chinese Chinoiserie Side Table
Antique 1880s Chinese Chinoiserie Side Tables
Antique 19th Century Chinese Side Tables
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Side Tables
Glass, Pine
Antique 1880s French Chinoiserie Center Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture
Brass
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Cabinets
Ebony
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century English Chinoiserie Side Tables
Elm
Antique 19th Century Chinese William IV Side Tables
Lacquer
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Side Tables
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Side Tables
Lacquer
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Side Tables
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Side Tables
Porcelain
20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Side Tables
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Side Tables
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Side Tables
Wood
Vintage 1940s Chinoiserie Side Tables
Lacquer, Leather, Wood
Vintage 1920s Chinese Chinoiserie Side Tables
Wood
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Travertine
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Side Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Side Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
Early 20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Side Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Side Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Side Tables
Marble
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Side Tables
Faux Bamboo, Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Side Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Side Tables
Porcelain
Antique 1890s Chinese Chinoiserie Side Tables
Hardwood
Antique 19th Century Chinese Side Tables
Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie Side Tables
Walnut
Antique 19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Side Tables
Oak
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Side Tables
Limestone
Mid-20th Century American Chinese Chippendale Side Tables
Cane, Walnut
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Side Tables
Lacquer
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Side Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Side Tables
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Chinese Chippendale End Tables
Hardwood, Lacquer
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie End Tables
Hardwood, Lacquer
Vintage 1940s English Chinoiserie End Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie End Tables
Brass
20th Century English Chinoiserie End Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Tables
Marble
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Chinoiserie Lacquer
Wood
Antique 1880s Chinese Chinoiserie Lacquer
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Night Stands
Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Night Stands
Wood
Antique 1880s Chinoiserie Card Tables and Tea Tables
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
20th Century Chinoiserie Cabinets
Rosewood
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Night Stands
Wood
Antique 1890s Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes
Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency End Tables
Alkyd
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Stools
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture
Wood
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A Close Look at Chinoiserie Furniture
Emerging in the 17th century, chinoiserie appropriated the aesthetics and imagery of popular East Asian design for European-made versions. Reflecting the exoticization of China, Japan and other countries in this era, the word directly translates from French to “Chinese-esque,” which reveals its shortcomings as a style of furniture and decor that often stereotypically and reductively mimics Asian culture rather than showcasing and paying tribute to its artistic traditions.
The enthusiastically decorative chinoiserie style was propelled by influential tastemakers including French King Louis XIV, whose Trianon de Porcelaine in 1670 was inspired by Chinese architecture. Expanded trade between the East and West led to a demand for porcelain, lacquer objects, silk and other goods, which further informed the fanciful furniture being crafted in Europe.
Artisans working in the chinoiserie style used materials and elements like pagoda shapes, bamboo, lacquer surfaces, bird and flower motifs and other interpretations of Asian design on pieces that were frequently set against vibrant wallcoverings. This whimsical approach yielded chinoiserie furniture that boasted dramatic flourishes drawing on the natural world and reflected the dominance of Rococo during the 18th century.
As chinoiserie was shaped by approximations of Asian design by European creators, it had regional variations, such as Chinese Chippendale in England where cabinets, chairs and tea tables had wooden fretwork designs and “japanned” surfaces intended to resemble lacquer work that was created in East Asia. In North America, furniture makers in Boston and New York integrated chinoiserie-painted scenes into Queen Anne furniture.
Antique chinoiserie furniture has continued to be fashionable, from its popularity with decorators of the Hollywood Regency era — James Mont, Tommi Parzinger, William Haines and Samuel Marx favored the style — to contemporary interior designers, although it brings with it a complex history.
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