The Chinese House in Potsdam was designed by the garden architect Johann Gottfried Büring for Frederick the Great, who wanted it to adorn his flower and vegetable garden. It was built from 1755 to 1764, delayed by the Seven Years' War, and the interiors were furnished only after 1763. It has no infobox.
The article calls the style chinoiserie mixed with rococo, modeled on the Maison du trèfle at Lunéville by Emmanuel Héré de Corny. The plan is a trefoil with a rounded central room and three cabinet rooms. Johann Melchior Kambly made the gilded sandstone columns.
The tented ceiling and cupola are copper, the walls stucco-marble, and gold leaf and silk wall coverings decorate the interior. The adjacent Chinese Kitchen was converted in 1789, and the wall covering was restored from 1990 to 1993. The article gives no dimensions or hours.
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