When Lord Marchmain asks for a bed downstairs, he requests ‘the Chinese drawing-room; and Wilcox the “Queen’s Bed” ‘. His final days are spent in a Chinoiserie chimera – to aid his vision of a heavenly kingdom beyond? And so … Continue reading
Cathay, China, the land of the dragon…has fascinated and inspired Europe for hundreds of years. Chinoiserie is a style created by fable, myth and exotic merchandise. What do I love about it? that it’s in an exercise in fantasy: European … Continue reading
Rococo, rolls off the tongue. Ro-co-co … ooh, how I love it. I am going look at its style, features and the all important: ‘rococo now’. Mainstream-Rococo conjures up Fragonard’s infamous painting of ‘the swing’, the cuckold husband sending his … Continue reading
