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Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

CHINOISERIE STYLE

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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Style: Chinoiserie
Delft - Polychrome chinoiserie floral and bird plate - 18th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Mid 18th century Blue Delftware plate with bird entering a chinoiserie decoration of a flowers, a blossoming tree and stones amidst shrubbery. Qianlong style. Unmarked Good condit...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware, Delft, Faience

Set of two Dutch Delft Plates with a married couple, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
City: Delft Date: second half of the 18th century A genuine set of two blue and white Dutch Delft plates. Hand-painted in cobalt blue on a white tin-glazed ground with the decoratio...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Ceramic, Faience

Set of two Dutch Delft Plates with a married couple, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
City: Delft Date: second half of the 18th century A genuine set of two blue and white Dutch Delft plates. Hand-painted in cobalt blue on a white tin-glazed ground with the decoratio...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Ceramic, Faience

Set of three Dutch Delft Plates with a married couple, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
City: Delft Date: second half of the 18th century A genuine set of three blue and white Dutch Delft plates. Hand-painted in cobalt blue on a white tin-glazed ground with the decorat...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Ceramic, Faience

Pair of Delft Peacock chargers by De Metale Pot , Pieter Paree - 18th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Pair of two Dutch Delft blue and white 'Peacock' plate, 18th century, with ochre rim, the center decorated in cobalt with an vase containing an arrangement of peacock feathers and fl...
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18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware, Faience, Delft

Delft - Chinoiserie style Charger by De Claauw, mid 18th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Mid 18th century Blue Delftware plate with chinoiserie decoration of a blosseming peonies and other flowers behind a fence amidst shrubbery. Qianlong st...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware, Delft, Faience

Delft - talking plate Ziet wat hier van agteren staat - late 18th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Delft talking plate with on the front the words: "Ziet wat hier van agteren staat" (See what is written on my back) And on the backside: "Bidt voor gij eeten gaat" (Pray before you s...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware, Delft, Faience

Delft - Blue and white chinoiserie plate - 18th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Blue Delft chinoiserie plate depicting an oriental landscape comprising flowers, a shrubbery and a willow tree. The borders decorated with three bundles of flower sprigs and foliage....
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware, Delft, Faience

18th Century Delft Chinoiserie Charger
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a good example of a mid-18th century Delft charger in a chinoiserie hand-painted pattern. The pottery is hand-painted in a traditional blue and white chinoiserie scene featur...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Faience

Delft - Chinoiserie dish with floral basket, second half 18th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Mid 18th century Blue Delftware platter with Chinoiserie decoration of a flowering basket amidst floral sprigs Beautiful border decoration of rich foliage, flowers and scrollwork. Un...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware, Delft, Faience

Delft - 18th century Chinoiserie Plate
Located in DELFT, NL
Dutch Delft Chinoiserie plate depicting, in a Chinese landscape with a man in a boat, sailing past a house while bird in the air is overlooking the scene. Beautiful chinoiserie trace...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware, Delft, Faience

De Grieckse A - Dutch Delft kakiemon style quail plate, early 18th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Rare early 18th century Dutch Delftware plate with Kakiemon-style quail decoration in vibrant iron-red, cobalt blue, and soft green This plate reflects the Dutch fascination with Jap...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware, Delft, Faience

Pair of 18th Century Dutch Delft Faience Chinoiserie Floral Bird Plates
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb pair of antique 18th-Century Dutch Delft Chinoiserie faience flower garden plates. These lovely plates have hand painted flowers, fence, birds, fruit and foliate border in c...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Delft, Faience

Delft - floral chrysanthemum plate by "The Porceleyne Bijl - Late 18th century
Located in DELFT, NL
18th century Delftware plate with floral decoration of a central chrysanthemum. Border adorned with 3 foliage scrolls. Yellow rim. Inspired by Chinese Qianlong porcelain. marked: P...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware, Delft, Faience

Pair Antique Blue and White Delft Chargers Made by "The Axe" circa 1780
Located in Katonah, NY
We are pleased to offer this pair of Dutch Delft blue and white chargers decorated in the center with an image of a delicate vase filled with chrysanthemums and peonies. The design in the center of the charger is derived from Chinese decoration, where auspicious flowers were put in bamboo baskets as attractive interior decorative elements. The border of the charger is adorned with four floral panels, which alternate with four cobalt blue panels with fish-net patterns. The edge of each charger is painted with orange slip...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Delft

Johannes van Lockhorst, Delft polychrome plate - early 18th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Dutch Delft polychrome plate with lively polychrome decoration of a central Louis XIV ornamental creation crowed by a vase on a stand filled with flowe...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware, Delft, Faience

Pair Of European 18th Century Blue White Glazed Chargers
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Pair of blue and white chargers with central exotic bird, dragonflies, flowering shrubs surrounded by ferns, leaves and scrolls. The border decorated with repetitive and alternating ...
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18th Century European Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Delft - Pair of neoclassical chinoiserie plates - Late 18th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Excellent pair of late 18th century Delftware plates with fine decoration of a flowering basket Border adorned with foliage scrolls. unmarked
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware, Delft, Faience

Delft polychrome plate with butterfly - first half 18th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Dutch Delft polychrome plate featuring a central butterfly with six floral buds. The rim is decorated with a very ornate border of cartouches and foliate scrolls. Polychrome Delftwa...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware, Delft, Faience

Important 17th Century Delft Chinoiserie Three Piece Garniture
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
An important 17th century Delft chinoiserie three-piece garniture The Netherlands, Delft. Last quarter of the 17th century An important and rare Delft garniture of three pieces. The shape and decoration are inspired on the Chinese Transitional porcelain...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Ceramic, Faience

Delft - Chinoiserie dish with floral basket, second half 18th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Mid 18th century Blue Delftware platter with Daniel Marot style decoration of a shield amidst flowers and foliage scrolls within a dodecagoon. Beautiful border decoration in rich bl...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware, Delft, Faience

Delft - Chinoiserie dish with floral basket, second half 18th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Mid 18th century Blue Delftware platter with Chinoiserie decoration of a flowering basket. Beautiful border decoration of alternating panels with folia...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware, Delft, Faience

Delft "De Witte Starre" - 18th century Dragonfly Plate
Located in DELFT, NL
Dutch Delft Chinoiserie plate depicting a large dragonfly, in a Chinese garden, sitting on a rock. All within a shaped octagonal border. The rim in brond and the wide border with a s...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware, Delft, Faience

Delft - Pair of polychrome floral Delftware plates - 18th century
Located in DELFT, NL
A pair of 18th-century Dutch Delft tin-glazed earthenware plates, in the “pancake” form: flat bodies with only a slightly everted rim and no footrim. Each plate is decorated in polyc...
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18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware, Delft, Faience

De Claauw , Van Lockhorst, Delft - Pair of plates - first half 18th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Excellent pair of mid 18th century Delftware plates with fine decoration of birds, insects and flowers in a chinoiserie style fashion. Border ...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware, Delft, Faience

De Claauw , Van Lockhorst, Delft - Polychrome plates - early 18th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Excellent pair of mid 18th century Delftware plates with a rare geometrical decoration of a stylized flower with foliate scrolls. Border adorn...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware, Delft, Faience

English Delft Charger
Located in Greenwich, CT
Good quality 18th C English blue and white Delft charger depicting cottages on a river.
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1760s English Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Ceramic

Salt Cellar Faience French Octagonal Blue Red Green White
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A charming piece of history for the dining table. The inside with an elegant, central floral spray and a floral border. the base decorated with blue lines and a bottom border of s...
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18th Century French Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Faience

Plate delftware Dutch blue white yellow diameter 23cm 9" Chinoiserie landscape
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Bold fluid decoration with abundant imagery associated with early Dutch pieces. Profusely painted with a chinoiserie garden scene with bold foliage and sprays. The rim painted wi...
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18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Salt Cellar Dish Faience Oval French Yellow Blue White Sprig Stripe
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare surviving small piece of early tableware. Suitable for everyday use as a charming piece of history for the dining table. French faience salt. Oval shape with a leafy sprig in...
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18th Century French Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Berlin Faience Black Chinoiserie Covered Urn
Located in New York, NY
Of ginger jar shape with outscrolled handles, surmounted by a pierced lid with knob-form finial; decorated with Court figures in a pagoda riverscape.
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1840s German Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Faience

Plates pair delftware English Liverpool blue white chinoiserie tall lady
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Delightful pair of chinoiserie plates evoking how exotic the East appeared to Europe and a sense of wonder it portrayed. Painted with a chinoiserie scene of a tall lady standing i...
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18th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Plate Delftware, English Small Stylised Floral Spray London, Blue and White
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Decorated with a stylised fern surrounded by a double-circle petal shaped border and an arc border around the rim. Decorated in blue on blue glaze. In original condition. Probably Lo...
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18th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Plate delft London Chinoiserie landscape blue white pottery diameter 22.5cm 9"
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A rare early example of European chinoiserie decoration showing how minimal the decoration was similar to abstraction. Painted with a chinoiserie landscape scene with a fence and ga...
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18th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Dish Charger delftware Dutch Chinoiserie blue white diameter 30cm 12"
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Beautiful, early stylised decoration evoking the striking simplicity of early Chinoiserie painting Painted with a central floral spray within a circle centre, surrounded by a trai...
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18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Plate, Delftware, English, London, Blue White Bird Chinoiserie Fantasy
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Charming set of plates with the exotic bird suspended showing the fantasy element of Chinoiserie. Decorated with an exotic bird in flight surrounded by four stylised floral sprays surrounded by a trellis diaper border with four demi-flowerhead reserves interposed. The rim decorated with a trellis diaper border with three reserves with grasses interposed. Decorated in blue on blue glaze. In original condition. Probably London, third quarter of the 18th century. 2035574 can be separated into a pair and a single plate...
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18th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Salt Cellar Dish Faience French Rose Green White Flowers
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare surviving small piece of early tableware. Suitable for everyday use as a charming piece of history for the dining table. two red bands around the top. the base decorated with...
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18th Century French Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Dish, delftware, English, Liverpool, blue white butterfly 35cm 13 3/4" c1760
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Delightfully painted in soft tones of blue conveying the lightness and charm of Chinoiserie. Painted with a chinoiserie landscape scene of a large peony growing behind a fence wit...
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18th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Plates Pair Delftware Peony Chinioserie Liverpool Blue White
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Delightfully painted in soft tones of blue conveying the lightness and charm of Chinoiserie and the fascination for the peony. The centre decorated with a large peony within a flo...
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18th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Salt Cellar Dish Faience French Oval Green Brown Orange White
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare surviving small piece of early tableware. Suitable for everyday use as a charming piece of history for the dining table. The oval centre painted with a large berry and leafy ...
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18th Century French Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Salt Cellar Dish Faience French Oval Shaped Skirt Green Brown White
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare surviving small piece of early tableware. Suitable for everyday use as a charming piece of history for the dining table. The oval top with a leafy sprig with a berry. Four re...
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18th Century French Antique Chinoiserie Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Chinoiserie delft and faience for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Chinoiserie delft and faience for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Mid-20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage Delft and faience created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, earthenware and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinoiserie delft and faience made in a specific country, there are Europe, Netherlands, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original delft and faience, popular names associated with this style include Delft, Boch Freres Keramis, De Metalen Pot (The Metal Pot), and The Axe. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for delft and faience differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $225 and tops out at $36,000 while the average work can sell for $1,553.

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