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Chinoiserie   Listen
noun
Chinoiserie  n.  
1.
Chinese conduct, art, decoration, or the like; also, a specimen of Chinese manners, art, decoration, etc.
2.
A style in art reflecting Chinese influence, being elaborately decorated and intricately patterned.





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... the ideas of the Enlightenment, the popularity of democratic ideas, the Wilkes controversy, the growth of Methodism, the growth of the novel, the interest in the gothic and the picturesque and in chinoiserie, sentimentality, enthusiasm—all these activities made England a highly volatile country. Some changes were truly dynamic, others just fads. But to someone living in the period, who dared to look around him, the complexity of the present and the uncertainty of the future ...
— The Methodist - A Poem • Evan Lloyd


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