Chinoiserie - Blog Posts
Kitchen Dining Dining Room in Boston Mid-sized transitional kitchen/dining room combination idea with white walls.
New York Transitional Dining Room Mid-sized transitional medium tone wood floor and brown floor enclosed dining room photo with multicolored walls and no fireplace
Miami Bedroom Guest Mid-sized eclectic guest bedroom photo
Foyer Philadelphia Large elegant marble floor entryway photo with brown walls
Bathroom - Powder Room
Mid-sized elegant master bedroom photo with blue walls An elegant master bedroom with medium-sized walls in blue
Mudroom - Mudroom
Chippendale Chinoiserie
Laundry - Transitional Laundry Room Small utility room with gray walls, an undermount sink, gray cabinets, quartzite countertops, and a stacked washer and dryer in a transitional design with porcelain tile flooring.
Enclosed Dining Room in San Francisco
Cincinnati Wallpaper
Bedroom - mid-sized traditional guest medium tone wood floor, brown floor and wallpaper bedroom idea with blue walls and no fireplace
Chinese Splendor
Raise The Red Lantern via National Ballet of China
Yellow Chinoiserie Wallpaper via NSR Handcrafts Co.
Wedgewood Jasper Conran Chinoiserie Green via Matching China
Raise the Red Lantern Film by Zhang Yimou
Midnight Blue Chinoiserie Wallpaper via Made in China
Mint Green Chinoiserie Wallpaper via de Gournay
House of Flying Daggers Bamboo Forest
Ralph Lauren's seems to have China on his mind, this is my favorite collection in years.
I see some influence from Bernardo Bertolucci's wonderful 9 Academy Award winning film The Last Emperor which had incredible costumes, music and set design.
Also the colours in this collection made me think of Director Zhang Yimou films, The stunningly visual House of Flying Daggers with its incredible vibrant Jade Green Bamboo scene, the reds and blacks from both Hero and Raise The Red Lantern which was also made into a Ballet by China's National Ballet.
On 8.8.2008 Zhang Yimou directed the unforgettable Beijing Olympics opening Ceremony. So wish I could have been there.
Here are some links to view clips of these wonderful movies,
The Last Emperor www.criterion.com/films/254-the-last-emperor
House Of Flying Daggers www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLkedDMb8vI
Raise The Red Lantern www.youtube.com/watch?v=vivaoPZhIH8&feature=related
Hero www.youtube.com/watch?v=srFhXDZhUZI
http://www.ballet.org.cn/en/home.htm
www.ralphlauren.com
Enclosed in Los Angeles Enclosed dining room - small eclectic vinyl floor and brown floor enclosed dining room idea with blue walls