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countable and uncountable, plural chinoiseries
(art) A style in art, or an artistic object, that reflects the influence of Chinese art. quotations examples
The Baroness perceived that her entertainer had analyzed material comfort to a sufficiently fine point. And then he possessed the most delightful chinoiseries—trophies of his sojourn in the Celestial Empire: pagodas of ebony and cabinets of ivory; sculptured monsters, grinning and leering on chimney-pieces, in front of beautifully figured hand-screens; […]
1878, Henry James, chapter VI, in The Europeans, Macmillan and Co.