Style Guide: Chinese and Indian Style - People

Designs influenced by Chinese and Indian art and architecture were extremely popular in the early 19th century. The renewed interest in the East was stimulated by objects imported from Asia and by newly-published books on India and China. The scenes illustrated in these volumes provided British designers and manufacturers with fresh sources of inspiration.

  • Frederick Crace



    Drawing
    Frederick Crace
    About 1817
    Watercolour and bodycolour over preliminary pencil
    Museum no. E.823-1981

  • Thomas Daniell and William Daniell



    Meat Dish
    John & Richard Riley
    About 1820
    Earthenware, transfer-printed in underglaze blue
    Museum no. C.90-1969

    The scene on this meat dish is based on a combination of two prints from Thomas and William Daniell's 'Oriental Scenery', published in four volumes between 1795 and 1809.

  • George Chinnery



    Near Midnapore, Bengal
    George Chinnery
    1802-1825
    Watercolour
    Museum no. P.51-1928

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