Imagining Qianlong

Imagining QianlongThis publication accompanies an unprecedented exhibition highlighting four of the magnificent chinoiserie tapestries of Chinese Emperor Qianlong, woven after designs by Franois Boucher at the famous Beauvais manufactory from 17581760. The large and well preserved textiles form part of the royal French commission by King Louis XV, objects of which were presented to Qianlong in 1766. These celebrated tapestries are joined by another historic set of

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