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The London/Paris, Paris/London design dialogue of the late eighteenth century

The London/Paris, Paris/London design dialogue of the late eighteenth century
The London/Paris, Paris/London design dialogue of the late eighteenth century
Summary: Throughout the second half of the eighteenth century England enjoyed a tumultuous relationship with France, reinforced by the establishment of an Anti-Gallican Association (founded in 1745) and fuelled by events such as the French Revolution and later, the Napoleonic Wars. In England, members of the Anti-Gallican Association sought to deter what they saw as ‘the insidious arts of the French Nation’, opposing Anglo-French trade and expressly the importation of French commodities. Pamphlets, cartoons and even a novel stressed the importance of discouraging the use of French design models and of promoting British manufacturing. In spite of what can be termed a Francophobe attitude, French influences thrived within London during this same period. The influx of émigrés working in the city and the influence of arbiters of taste, such as the Comte de Caylus, ensured that an appreciation of French design continued. Within the furniture trade in particular a dialogue of mutual appreciation arose. The influence of the French was clearly apparent in the ‘frenchifyed’ designs of English cabinet-makers, whilst English furniture designers, including Chippendale and Ince and Mayhew, exported their designs to France through translated versions of their pattern books (a French edition of Chippendale’s Director, Le Guide du Tappissier, de L’Ebéniste et de tous ceux qui travaillent en meubles appeared in 1762). This article considers the reciprocal design dialogue which continued defiantly, examining the influence of Paris in London, and London in Paris.
eighteenth century, design, furniture, pattern books, interiors, culture
1961-9464
47-58
Quince, Eleanor
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Quince, Eleanor
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Quince, Eleanor (2010) The London/Paris, Paris/London design dialogue of the late eighteenth century. Synergies Royaume-Uni et Irlande, 2010 (3), 47-58.

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Summary: Throughout the second half of the eighteenth century England enjoyed a tumultuous relationship with France, reinforced by the establishment of an Anti-Gallican Association (founded in 1745) and fuelled by events such as the French Revolution and later, the Napoleonic Wars. In England, members of the Anti-Gallican Association sought to deter what they saw as ‘the insidious arts of the French Nation’, opposing Anglo-French trade and expressly the importation of French commodities. Pamphlets, cartoons and even a novel stressed the importance of discouraging the use of French design models and of promoting British manufacturing. In spite of what can be termed a Francophobe attitude, French influences thrived within London during this same period. The influx of émigrés working in the city and the influence of arbiters of taste, such as the Comte de Caylus, ensured that an appreciation of French design continued. Within the furniture trade in particular a dialogue of mutual appreciation arose. The influence of the French was clearly apparent in the ‘frenchifyed’ designs of English cabinet-makers, whilst English furniture designers, including Chippendale and Ince and Mayhew, exported their designs to France through translated versions of their pattern books (a French edition of Chippendale’s Director, Le Guide du Tappissier, de L’Ebéniste et de tous ceux qui travaillent en meubles appeared in 1762). This article considers the reciprocal design dialogue which continued defiantly, examining the influence of Paris in London, and London in Paris.

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Published date: March 2010
Keywords: eighteenth century, design, furniture, pattern books, interiors, culture
Organisations: History

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Local EPrints ID: 386615
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/386615
ISSN: 1961-9464
PURE UUID: e7410b47-739d-4cf4-97a9-2748bcaed78a

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Date deposited: 29 Jan 2016 15:13
Last modified: 11 Dec 2021 08:45

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