Exotic mania [ Taste & Manners ]
… of collectors resulting in the exotic modes of chinoiserie and turquerie . Concepts > Taste & Manners Mots-clés Animals Australia Chinoiserie Collecting Commerce Exoticism Menageries North America During the long eighteenth century, a wave … of sociability Members of the nobility and the royal family were interested in exotic plants notably from the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and China, which were brought back by plant collectors such as John Ellis … The Fortunate Mistress [Roxana] (1724), p. 210-216 . David Hume, Of the Standard of Taste ( 1757 ). … Animals … Australia … Chinoiserie … Collecting … Commerce … Exoticism … Menageries … North America … Exotic mania …
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