Chinese" Chippendale bindings
A class of CHIPPENDALE
BINDINGS . These bindings were generally
covered in red morocco, and were tooled in gold
with designs representing "Chinese" motifs and
symbols, following the vogue represented in the
decorative arts of the mid-18th century. The
bindings often featured rococo frames made up of
recurving and serrated motifs forming irregular
compartments and perches for beehives with bees in
flight, boats, Chinese archers and spearmen,
columns and pilasters, doves, flowers, grapes and
other fruit, horses rising from the sea, lions
supporting shields, phoenixes, etc. (347 )
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