Chinoiserie, with its elements of rococo decadence, was obviously no longer in step with the times. And with the development and spread of the Industrial Revolution in Europe and the ever-growing cries for balanced trade, in European eyes China, the namesake of porcelain, was no longer a paradise ruled by philosopher-kings, but an old empire with which it was hard to communicate and which rejected change.
而那個與瓷器同名的中國，隨著歐洲工業革命的發展與擴張、平衡貿易的爭議時起，在西方人的眼中，也不再是哲學家皇帝統治的天堂樂園，反而成了一個難以溝通、不願改變的老大帝國。