Her Lotus Year: Wallis and Chinese Style

Posted: November 25th, 2024 | No Comments »

An argument of Her Lotus Year (out now from St Martins Press in the US and Elliot & Thompson in the UK) is that in China Wallis embraced Chinese aesthetics wholeheartedly and for life. From adopting Chinese style dresses, jade jewellery and the chignon hairstyle while there, she then later maintained these stylish elements and combined them with curios purchased in Peking as well as Chinoiserie items acquired later in America, London and Paris.

So here – 1) Wallis in a pink dress featuring Chinese decorative knotwork (Zhongguo Jie) and the Windsor’s pugs 2) Wallis & a Chinese screen in London 3) Wallis and a Chinese screen in either London or Paris 4) Chinese statuary and objets atop a Chinoiserie table.

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