CHINOISERIE TRAYS

Material: Enamelled and hand-painted metal

Origin: France, second half of the 19th century

Measurements: 22 cm long x 17 cm wide x 1.5 cm high

Small enamelled metal trays in coral and old gold tones with chinoiserie designs, made in France in the Napoleon III style, which embraced the aesthetic ideals of the Ancien Régime, finding in it an inexhaustible source of inspiration, of which this piece is a paradigmatic example.

The term "chinoiserie" comes from the French chinoiserie and refers to a trend in European art that imitates Oriental art. With precedents in the Renaissance, this trend reached its zenith in the Rococo period and is identified by the use of lacquered materials, scale play, ornamental excesses, and a Eurocentric recreation of a hedonistic and idealized Orient.