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Collection of truly delicious Dessert recipes from the Caribbean, with clear and simple steps to follow.
When trade between Asia and Europe grew in the 17th century, Europeans developed a taste for Chinese art and design. By the mid-18th century, Chinese wallpapers had become a highly fashionable ingredient of British country house interiors. Eighteen historic houses in our care contain examples of Chinese wallcoverings. They include woodblock-printed wallpaper, collages of Chinese prints and paintings, and fully hand-painted wallpaper. Some of the historic woodblock prints used in these wallpapers now only survive in European houses, even though they were originally made for the Chinese market.