Example Sentences

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“There are treasures behind these locked doors, brocades, old jewels, unframed pictures, bronzes, chinoiseries, Japoneries.”

From The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes by Conrad, Joseph

His designs were many of them made by Johann Zick of Coblenz, others by Jean Baptiste Le Prince, chinoiseries, and shepherd games.

From Intarsia and Marquetry by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

Acton talked a great deal about his chinoiseries; he knew a good deal about porcelain and bric-a-brac.

From The Europeans by James, Henry