Chinoiserie

Baker Furniture Recently Co-Hosted Craft + Design at The New York Design Center
Aug 15, 2014
Gearing up for its 125th anniversary in 2015, Baker Furniture recently co-hosted Craft + Design at the New York Design Center, where four master craftsmen from North Carolina demonstrated the processes and techniques that create the ...

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Museum at FIT Will Present Sources Over Past 250 Years to Examine Fashion Trend
Oct 29, 2013
The Museum at FIT will present Trend-ology, a new exhibition that examines the sources from which fashion trends have emerged over the past 250 years. Featuring approximately 100 objects from the museum’s permanent collection, ...

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The Term Chinoiserie Originally Came Into Use in The 17th and 18th Century
Mar 11, 2013
Question:What is Chinoiserie?Answer:The term chinoiserie originally came into use in the 17th and 18th century to describe decorative and elaborately designed furniture that showed a heavy Chinese influence. There was great European ...

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