Chinoiserie Mirror

Of rectangular form, decorated with chinoiserie scenes around a bevelled edge mirror.

Measuring 55cm wide x 34cm high x 3cm deep.

Good original condition with minor foxing in places to the mirror.

Late 19th / early 20th century.

Chinoiserie is a French term meaning “Chinese-esque” and is a European interpretation of Chinese art rather than direct representation. Mirrors were decorated with Chinoiserie scenes as a European interpretation of East Asian artistic traditions & therefore catered to the 17th & 18th century European fascination with the exotic far east. 

Owning items with Chinoiserie designs was a status symbol showing your taste for the exotic, to show your perceived wealth and that perhaps you’d been on a “grand tour” to far flung & exotic places to educate yourself & bring home pieces of abroad for your own home.

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