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How to Decorate with Chinoiserie Today
Removable Chinoiserie Wallpaper are cyclical, and what’s old often becomes new again. As we move forward into an era of maximalist design, some classic styles like chinoiserie are re-entering the spotlight. “Granny-chic and Grandmillennial are having a moment, and chinoiserie is the perfect way to illustrate that,” says designer Isabel Ladd. “ Chinoiserie wallpaper peel and stick is interesting, with little scenes telling a story, it has movement and depth, it can be colorful and really engage your eye.”

But as with all maximalist interiors, a little control goes a long way. “When integrating the old with the new, it's all about balance and scale,” says designer Kendall Wilkinson. “Juxtaposing Chinoiserie with more modern elements like shiny lacquered walls in a bright and unexpected color, contemporary furniture, and lighting reinvents the traditional into a modern and fresh aesthetic.”

What About Cultural Appropriation?
Chinoiserie Wallpaper ’s all about the lens through which we view the movement. From a historical perspective, the European fascination with Chinese design was simply an interest in the novel. “The key factor to keep in mind about chinoiserie is that it was a seduction of the unknown, a strong sense of curiosity during an era of very little travel at that kind of distance,” says fashion and decorative art historian Patrick Michael Hughes, an adjunct professor of fabric styling at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

modern Chinoiserie peel and stick wallpaper ’s a theme found throughout the history of art and design. “Certainly there are elements of cultural appropriation in chinoiserie, but no more so than the Regency period’s fascination with Egypt as championed by Napoleon, or America’s consistent adoption of Greek and Imperial Roman styles of architecture in its churches and courthouses,” says Dr. Bertram. “In Chinoiserie wallpaper peel and stick is not to ridicule or degrade, but to imitate and celebrate a distant culture, allowing both ancient and novel ideas to cross-pollinate throughout world fashion.”

But vinyl Chinoiserie wallpaper - and 18th-century critics did deride the chinoiserie, not only for being a chaotic and hedonistic style, but also for potentially making a mockery of Chinese art and design. Those sentiments continue with a contemporary perspective: it’s easier for us now to point out the concerns about the West interpreting “otherness.”

“I believe the ‘Western gaze’ and ‘exoticism’ will always have their issues, as long as there are humans studying art, design, and the decorative arts,” says Hughes. “The terms ‘sumptuous,’ ‘desire,’ ‘seduction,’ and ‘possession of beauty’ are not new pursuits. What is new and exciting is the de-colonization within these terms and discussions with new frames of context and thinking.”
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