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Chinoiserie designs did not always incorporate Chinese-style landscape or figural imagery. This textile uses traditional Chinese fret and medallion motifs to evoke the exotic.

 

 

French maker
William H. Taylor, Inc., importer
American, New York
Length with Chinese Motifs, ca. 1926
Silk; velvet, printed

Gift of L. J. Cella III
1991.123.49


 

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