Storyline
The story of a global chair and its Dutch-American owner
European design, Chinese maker, and a Dutch-American buyer: this chair is the embodiment of globalization in the 18th century. This is the story of a chair and its owner, who was sent to the Forbidden City in honor of the Qianlong Emperor’s anniversary.
Credits
Een verhaal door Koen van der Lijn. Als onderdeel van The Visual and Material Culture of Exchange in Asia and Europe, 1500-1800 bij Leiden University, Faculty of Humanities. Begeleid door Anne Gerritsen.