Chinese Dance
by BOUCHER, François, Oil on canvas, 42 x 65 cm
The fashion of “chinoiserie” was associated with Rococo in France, and in other countries including England and Holland, which were major importers of porcelain figures and exotic screens. Lacquered and ceramic objects popularised such motifs, as did tapestries. Boucher’s Chinese Dance is a cartoon for The Chinese Tapestry woven at Beauvais in 1743.