Chinoise Collection

Anthropomorphised lepidoptera a la Chinoise. Date: circa 1840

Chinese merry-go-round (Bague Chinoise) in
The 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 Mesangeres Bon Genre circa 1815

Hairdresser on stilts pulling a womans hair to the ceiling
One must suffer for beauty. A hairdresser on stilts pulls a womans hair to the ceiling in the Chinese style. The hairstyle a la Chinoise is definitely a major makeover

A Parisian woman getting dressed in the Chinese style. Our artist has turned three magots (grotesque porcelain figures) into makeup artists eager to transform a beautiful Parisienne into a Chinese

Woman of the Chausee-d Antin in the Chinese fashion
Woman 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

Bonnets a la Randan and a la Bayard
Bonnet 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

Where to eat dinner with chopsticks a la chinoise
Scene from 1920 of a Chinese restaurant in Londons Chinatown in Limehouse. The first Chinese to settle in Britain arrived in the late 18th century

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