Chinoiserie Wallpaper
Chinoiserie is Europe's reading of Chinese decorative art, and it has never really gone out of fashion. Blossom branches, cranes and herons, pheasants, pagodas and painted ink landscapes, all drawn with the loose hand of something painted rather than printed. The palest versions read almost as texture from across a room, while deeper backgrounds in ink blue, black or gold turn a hallway or a dining room into an occasion.
Sandberg's Chinoiserie Garden is inspired by an embroidered silk chinoiserie over a century old, and is decorative and atmospheric. Coordonné's Forbidden City is richly detailed: Yu Garden is inspired by the classical gardens of Shanghai, and Sacred Pheasants sets Chinese pheasants among flowering branches. Their Random Chinoiseries II takes the style to full panoramas.
Thibaut's Dynasty collection includes Asian Scenic, with pavilions and willows set among rocks and water, and York Wallcoverings' Tea Garden has Sprig & Heron, with graceful birds flying between stylised bonsai trees. Today Interiors' Chinoiserie collection is devoted to the style.
For a whole wall of scenery, see our chinoiserie murals, or carry the look onto curtains and cushions with chinoiserie fabric. Chinoiserie also sits happily beside toile and Asian influence designs. Read Introducing Coordonné for more on one of its great modern interpreters.
