Type keyword(s) to search Every item on this page was curated by an ELLE Decor editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Museum of the City of New York/Byron Co. Collection/Getty Images Opinion: It’s Time to Rethink Chinoiserie From pagoda motifs to floral wallpaper, chinoiserie has always openly borrowed from Asian visual culture. But is it harmful? A design writer and reporter asks the AAPI design community to weigh in. By Aileen Kwun May 27, 2021 Foo dogs. Ginger jars. Yin-yang tables. Pagoda motifs, fiery dragons, and bamboo stalks. See it in architecture, gardens, interiors, furnishings, products, graphic motifs, and at just about every scale of design. Chinoiserie, a genre of reproduction design dating back to 17th- and 18th-century Western Europe, has had a long history. From Louis XIV’s decor at Versailles to Ettore Sottsass’s