[Sidenote:
_Wool._
H. 9 _ft._
W. 5 _ft._
]
CHINESE GROTESQUE: _A Chinaman, fantastically dressed, stands between two
tall tropical trees. On a pale-blue ground._
[Sidenote: Lent by _A. J. Halow_.]
The piece is a delightful example of the taste for _chinoiseries_ which
the Pompadour fostered for the benefit of the French East India Company,
in which she was interested, and which taste was eagerly followed by the
frivolous and bored French court, always seeking novelty.
[Sidenote: 72]