Chinoiserie Fabric
Chinoiserie fabric borrows the language of East Asian art as Europe imagined it: blossoming branches, long-tailed birds, pagodas and garden pavilions, drawn with a storyteller's delight. It is a romantic, decorative pattern, and one that rewards a close look.
Coordonné offer some of the richest designs. Forbidden City includes Birds Prosperity, a long-tailed bird perched among flowering branches, and Sacred Pheasants, dense with pheasants, peonies and rockwork, while Petra by Ybarra & Serret has Nabateo, a scene of pagodas, bridges, boats and small figures in fine line. Thibaut bring a lighter hand: in Fairhaven, Malea is drawn as a lotus pond with herons wading among the reeds, and the Eden Fabric Collection has Yukio's blossoming branches and Mystic Garden's pavilions, palms and peacocks.
From the British houses, Sanderson include Chinoiserie Hall in Water Garden, inspired by an archive wallpaper called Chinese Magpie, and Harlequin reimagine a trailing design for the contemporary home in Harlequin X Diane Hill. Esselle Home's Heritage Tales has camellias and peonies climbing a branching trail, with songbirds among the stems.
Chinoiserie pairs naturally with floral fabric and blue fabric. For the walls, browse chinoiserie wallpaper and chinoiserie wall murals, or read The Romance of the East on Decorating Notes.
