Exotic mania [ Taste & Manners ]
… Duke of Richmond at Goodwood, and Anne Hunter’s (1742-1821) anatomical museum. The exotic mode of Chinoiserie fostering politeness Another eighteenth-century exotic mania forging social relationships is the taste for chinoiserie porcelain, … exchanges between East and West, between Oriental and European cultures of sociability. By combining European rituals of politeness with Chinese teaware, upper-class women were able to activate a change of taste in the circle of their …
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