Because the fashion of chinoiserie was so widespread there tends to be much confusion about just what was the input of Chinese export art into this European tradition.
東風西向漸，西潮亦東流新華色悅裝飾藝術風行一時、橫掃歐洲，久而久之，人們也就籠統含糊地把中國外銷藝品一併歸入了歐洲傳統。