Item ID # JJU508R

This magnificent chest in the Chinoiserie style (see below) is hand painted by master craftsmen. A remarkable acheivement is realized in this piece as it demonstrates the quality and beauty of the period. Two doors and one drawer with brass finished hardware.

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Price Includes:
Red Chinoiserie Hand Painted Chest
32"H, 42"W, 20"D

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The imaginative style of decoration known as chinoiserie reflects a fascination by Westerners with the luxurious wares of Asia that reaches back into antiquity. For centuries, exchange between East and West was sporadic, and Cathay (China) remained more a myth than a reality. But during the seventeenth century, actual contact and trade with the East increased, and such luxury items as silk textiles, lacquer, and porcelain were eagerly sought in the West and later imitated by European artists. Europeans also began to decorate a wide variety of objects in the chinoiserie style, with motifs culled from anywhere east of the Mediterranean and west of Japan.