Pennsylvania Museum BulletinNumber 33, January 1911 . BULLETIN OF THE PEXNSYLVAXJA MUSEUM. b BULLETIN OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM Since the opening of the exhibition a remarkable chest has been obtainedby purchase, which stands on a finely carved Chippendale base of chest itself belongs to the group of European Chinoiserie much in vogue toward the middle of the eighteenth century, when onthe Continent and in England artist artisans vied with one another in repro-ducing or evolving anew Chinese designs and methods. At this time, aspointed out by Francis Lenygon,^^ even E
Pennsylvania Museum BulletinNumber 33, January 1911 . BULLETIN OF THE PEXNSYLVAXJA MUSEUM. b BULLETIN OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM Since the opening of the exhibition a remarkable chest has been obtainedby purchase, which stands on a finely carved Chippendale base of chest itself belongs to the group of European Chinoiserie much in vogue toward the middle of the eighteenth century, when onthe Continent and in England artist artisans vied with one another in repro-ducing or evolving anew Chinese designs and methods. At this time, aspointed out by Francis Lenygon,^^ even English women sought to reproducelacquer with paint and ^?aruish, and the craze was as pronounced as thatwhich a generation or two ago found expression in decalcomania or later inchina painting. This author quotes l\lrs. Pendarves (later Mrs. Delany),who refers to Lady Sunderland, daughter of the I^uchess of ]\[arlborough,as very busy japaning, and says that everybody is mad aljout craze for Chinoiseries, especially for imitating lacquer, was at itsheight in England under
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