Chinoiserie Furnishing Fabric VII Pillow

Panels like this reflect Europe's long eighteenth-century infatuation with chinoiserie, a style of invented, fanciful 'Chinese' imagery composed by Western designers who had never traveled to China. Woven or printed with bold, large-scale repeats, such furnishing fabrics were made to upholster seating furniture and to cover walls, creating theatrical decorative rooms. Institutions such as the Art Institute of Chicago preserve numerous examples of this once-ubiquitous decorative textile tradition.

Jacquard-woven both sides in soft, durable yarn; insert included.