Chinoiserie
Medium
Pen and black ink and brush and black wash, with traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper
Dimensions
17.5 × 13 cm (6 15/16 × 5 1/8 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
81377
About the Artist
Jean Baptiste Pillement · 1728–1808
In the early part of his career, he worked as a textile designer at the Gobelins factory, and as a decorative painter in Spain and Portugal. He eventually moved to London, where in 1955 he published the first of many books of Chinoiserie designs. However, he was most well-known for his prints of flowers. His popularity waned significantly when Rococo design fell out of fashion at the end of the ce...