Date of Award
Spring 5-3-2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art & Art History
First Advisor
Susanna Cole
Second Advisor
Tara Zanardi
Academic Program Adviser
Maria Antonella Pelizzari
Abstract
Harewood House is an estate emblematic of eighteenth-century evolutions in aesthetic philosophy, capital flows and social dynamics in the British empire. Built by the Lascelles family, it embraces an eclectic neoclassical decorative style that includes chinoiserie. This thesis argues that this exoticizing decorative strategy, and particularly its Chinese wallpaper – as both fine art and consumer good – translated the Lascelles' fortune, amassed through colonial exploits in the Caribbean, into advancement through domestic British hierarchies.
Recommended Citation
Bishop, Carolyn J., "Papering over Colonial Legacies: Chinoiserie, Chinese Wallpaper, and Exotic Obfuscation at Harewood House" (2024). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/1174