In an apartment at 31 Rue Cambon in Paris, Gabrielle Chanel decorated her walls with coromandel, Chinese lacquered screens made of ebony wood. One screen on the wall of the study depicts the beautiful ...

The rich colours of deep blues and metallic blacks recalled the Coromandel screens that served as the starting point for the ...

Gabrielle Chanel collected antique Coromandel screens — one of which she found so beautiful, she displayed it on the study walls of her apartment. It depicts a scene of Hangzou’s West Lake ...

In an apartment at 31 Rue Cambon in Paris, Gabrielle Chanel decorated her walls with coromandel, Chinese lacquer screens made of ebony wood. One screen on the study's wall depicts the beautiful ...

Although Coco Chanel never visited China, the country fuelled her imagination and still has significance to the brand ...

The rich colors of deep blues and metallic blacks recalled the Coromandel screens that served as the starting point for the Creative Studio, as Gabrielle Chanel was an avid collector of these ...

Coco Chanel never visited Hangzhou, the Chinese city known as “heaven on earth,” but her imagination did, as she was mesmerized by black lacquer coromandel screens, one of which depicted the ...

said he “spent some time in Mademoiselle Chanel’s office and studied her Coromandel screen” to prepare for the film. “It made a huge impression on me. Somehow, it was like a very early ...