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At home, nothing is to stop French sweetheart showing decorative work (11)

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I believe the answer is:

chinoiserie

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'decorative work' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'at home nothing is to stop french sweetheart' is the wordplay.
'at home' becomes 'in' ('I'm in' can mean 'I'm at home').
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'to stop' is an insertion indicator (stopping can mean blocking a gap).
'french sweetheart' becomes 'cherie' (I've seen this in another clue).
'in'+'o'+'is'='inois'
'inois' put into 'cherie' is 'CHINOISERIE'.

'showing' is the link.

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(Other definitions for chinoiserie that I've seen before include "exotic style" , "Imitative style" , "Style of art inspired by the East" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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