EditorialLe Jardin Chinoise (The Chinese Garden), from Chinoiseries, after 1743, Etching and engraving, Sheet: 16 7/16 x 19 5/16 in. (41.8 x 49 cm), Jacques Gabriel Huquier (French, Paris 1730?1805 Shrewsbury), Gabriel Huquier (French, Orl?ans 1695?1772 Paris),...
EditorialLa Chasse Chinoise (The Chinese Hunt), from Chinoiseries, after 1743, Etching and engraving, Sheet: 16 1/2 x 18 7/8 in. (41.9 x 48 cm), Jacques Gabriel Huquier (French, Paris 1730?1805 Shrewsbury), Gabriel Huquier (French, Orl?ans 1695?1772 Paris), Aft...
EditorialVue de la Ville Chinoise (Cholen) Feuille No. 4, 1866, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 23.9 x 30 cm (9 7/16 x 11 13/16 in.), Photographs, Emile Gsell (French, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 1838?1879 Vietnam).
EditorialVue de la Ville Chinoise (Cholen) Feuille No. 2, Sa?gon, Cochinchine, 1866, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 22.3 x 30.4 cm (8 3/4 x 11 15/16 in.), Photographs, Emile Gsell (French, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 1838?1879 Vietnam).
EditorialVieux Chinoise de Canton, 1870s, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 23.7 x 19.3 cm (9 5/16 x 7 5/8 in.), Photographs, Raimund von Stillfried (Austrian, 1839?1911).
EditorialBonnet a la Randan, green taffeta band with gold insignia and white feathers and gauze, and bonnet a la Bayard, a pouf a la chinoise with gauze and feathers. Both inspired by the actress Mlle. Louise Contat in the play Les Amours de Bayard, September 1...
EditorialOne must suffer for beauty. A hairdresser on stilts pulls a woman's hair to the ceiling in the Chinese style. "The hairstyle a la Chinoise is definitely a major makeover. All the hair from the forehead to the nape is collected on the top of the head, t...
EditorialWoman from the Chaussee-d'Antin in the Chinese fashion. She wears a tall bonnet with flowers and ribbons over her piled up hairstyle a la Chinoise, ruff collar, tunic with bells, shawl tied in a bow, and shoes with bows. Illustration by Louis-Philibert...
EditorialThe Chinese merry-go-round (Bague Chinoise) in Tivoli gardens, Paris. Riders with batons try to spear a ring held by the woman in pink. Taken from Mesangere's Bon Genre circa 1815. Handcoloured lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagne's Sports and Games of...