Exotic mania [ Taste & Manners ]
… as well as with rare objects exhibited in places of sociability such as gardens, public and private menageries, museums, salons, tea-rooms, theatres, opera houses and many others. If it is true that North America, the Bahamas, Canary Islands, … as well as with rare objects exhibited in such places of sociability as gardens, public and private menageries, museums, salons, tea-rooms, theatres, opera houses and so forth. Across Europe and in particular in such a polished and commercial … Londoners and privileged gentry and aristocracy, conversations about exotic animals took place in drawing rooms, salons, royal palaces, and menageries. 8 In such places of sociability, visitors, guests and spectators could expect to …
Animals | Australia | Chinoiserie | Collecting | Commerce | Exoticism | Menageries | North America
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