Chinoiserie Chic

As a follow up to my Griffin and Wong post, I thought I would post a little chinoiserie wallpaper inspiration.  I also learned more about the history of the wallpaper from their site and thought you might like to read it as well. 

Chinese silk wallcoverings are one of the earliest global luxury products. Originally, the exclusive domain of Ming Dynasty Chinese nobility, by the 18th Century, the papers  had also been widely adopted by the English and French nobility as the high-water mark of interior design. In France, they were known at the Louis XIV Versailles court as” papiers peints panoramique”. 

 Chinoiserie wallpapers that depicted flowers, birds and butterflies subsequently became the rage of the day with the affluent 18th and 19th Century European Commercial class, and became a standard of elegant living during this period. With the gradual shift of wealth and power to the New World, silk wallpapering followed, and the look became closely associated with the rise of the railroad and manufacturing dynasties of the Vanderbilt, Huntington and Carnegies (many fine examples of silk wallpapering still exist in Newport and other Eastern US historic homes). 

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Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berger residence. 

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Marjorie Gubelmann apartment via Elle Decor. 

De Gournay wallpaper in Balfour Castle. 

Tory Burch residence, 

Pauline de Rothschild

Aerin Lauder dressing room. 

Elsie de Wolfe residence. 

via Thomas Jayne

Elsie de Wolfe bedroom. 

via Michael Smith

Pauline de Rothschild residence. 

Ann Getty residence 

Abbotsford House

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Aerin Lauder dressing room again. 

Ann Getty residence via Harper's Bazaar.

Martha Angus

Miles Redd via Elle Decor

Jeffrey Bilbuber

Thad Hayes room with Gracie wallpaper. 

via Thomas Jayne.

Janklow residence.