Dear Brian, When researching, perhaps you mean Chinoiserie - from China ? Chinoiserie is a very refined design style reflecting Chinese qualities or motifs. An example would be hand-painted wallpaper depicting scenes from Chinese life. Extremely rare and very expensive. Originals have been used in several rooms at Winterthur Museum in Delaware, USA. This is a museum created by Henry Francis du Pont in the early 20th C. as a setting for original 17th and 18th C. home furnishings. A quote from one of my books: "The Chinese Parlor was not really a period room but a setting carved out of several of the small rooms of the original Winterthur house. Its size was determined by the wallpaper it was to hold and its contents were arranged to show the variety of exotic influences on Chippendale furniture designs." This situation reinforces what I've recommended on Arachne - it is always best to determine how you will display handmade laces before they are made, so they will "fit" a particular frame, window, table top, neckline of a dress, etc. Photo search: Chinoiserie wallpaper at Winterthur. As you can see, the designs are very beautiful and compliment rare original Chinese furniture and they illustrate interior design choices.
Jeri Ames in Maine USALace and Embroidery Resource Center In a message dated 12/29/2019 10:04:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Dear Arachne friends, I have posted a bobbin on Flickr photostream (with Sue's help) it has a particular style of painting and I have about 6 of them all different but clearly this painting style. I want to know what (if any) a correct term would be for this style. It was suggested that I should call it "Chinoisee"style. But all my searching for that word/style came to naught. Do any of you have any suggestions please? Thanks, Brian http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
