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  2. Chinese Cabinets in Schönbrunn Palace - Wikipedia

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    This inspired them to redecorate the Schönrunn's Chinese Cabinets. In the second phase of reconstruction (1755–60) both cabinets received their current appearance with the white painted wooden panelling, the so-called boiseries, and the thin wooden gilded Rococo ornaments. On consoles on the walls, porcelain figures, vases and vessels were ...

  3. Chinese porcelain in European painting - Wikipedia

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    The painting by Bellini was a request by Duke Alfonso I d'Este, who was known for his interest in Chinese porcelain. It seems that Bellini found samples of the Chinese ware not through trade, but among diplomatic gifts received by Venice from the Mamluke Sultans in 1498 (gift to Doge Barbarigo ), and in 1498 and 1508 (gift to the Signoria ).

  4. China cabinet - Wikipedia

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    China cabinets are typically placed against a wall, opposite the door or windows. They are often set in a conspicuous place where china, silverware, and glassware can easily be seen by guests and accessed by the host. [1] Chamberlain's factory, Worcester, c. 1805. Two-handled cabinet cup with cover, so a caudle cup type, painted with a pastoral ...

  5. Chinese furniture - Wikipedia

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    Later, woven hourglass-shaped stools evolved; a design still in use today throughout China. Some of the styles now widely regarded as Chinese began appearing more prominently in the Tang dynasty (618–907 AD). It is here that evidence of early versions of the round and yoke back chairs are found, generally used by the elite.

  6. China painting - Wikipedia

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    China painting, or porcelain painting, [a] is the decoration of glazed porcelain objects, such as plates, bowls, vases or statues. The body of the object may be hard-paste porcelain , developed in China in the 7th or 8th century, or soft-paste porcelain (often bone china ), developed in 18th-century Europe.

  7. Chinoiserie - Wikipedia

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    Chinoiserie entered European art and decoration in the mid-to-late 17th century; the work of Athanasius Kircher influenced the study of Orientalism.The popularity of chinoiserie peaked around the middle of the 18th century when it was associated with the Rococo style and with works by François Boucher, Thomas Chippendale, and Jean-Baptist Pillement.

  8. Cabinet (room) - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of "cabinet" began to be extended to the contents of the cabinet; [9] thus we see the 16th-century cabinet of curiosities, often combined with a library. The sense of cabinet as a piece of furniture is actually older in English than the meaning as a room, but originally meant more a strong-box or jewel-chest than a display-case. [10]

  9. Tang dynasty painting - Wikipedia

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    In this period, the "painting of people" (人物畫) developed greatly. Buddhist painting and "court painting" played a major role, including paintings of the Buddha, monks, nobles etc. The Tang era, in terms of painting, was markedly characterized by the production of murals.One of the first landscape murals is located in Han Xiu's tomb. [6]

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