<img width="623" height="1024" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/329234_8427e42dc785a52f_b.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Image features a white curtain panel printed in blue with chinoiserie design. Two Asian-inspired figures climbing a fantasy stairway in mid-air, a figure pointing to the top of a hill where a pagoda-like structure sits. Oversized flowers, foliage, and rococo scrolls accent the landscape. Narrow rectangular panel with six tabs along top edge for hanging. Please scroll down to read the blog post about this object." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/329234_8427e42dc785a52f_b.jpg 623w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/329234_8427e42dc785a52f_b-183x300.jpg 183w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/329234_8427e42dc785a52f_b-143x235.jpg 143w" sizes="(max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px" data-attachment-id="37061" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2020/01/01/inspired-by-pillement/329234_8427e42dc785a52f_b/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/329234_8427e42dc785a52f_b.jpg" data-orig-size="623,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="329234_8427e42dc785a52f_b" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/329234_8427e42dc785a52f_b-183x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/329234_8427e42dc785a52f_b.jpg" />This textile’s whimsical chinoiserie scene was inspired by the work of French artist Jean-Baptiste Pillement (1728 – 1808), and printed by Bromley Hall, a prominent textile printing manufactory in Middlesex, England. Pillement’s illustrations inspired many late-eighteenth-century textile designs. Although this design features many of the artist’s signature motifs – oversized flowers, a winding staircase and...
