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The decorative arts of the China trade : paintings, furnishings, and exotic curiosities

Title
The decorative arts of the China trade : paintings, furnishings, and exotic curiosities / Carl L. Crossman.
Author
Crossman, Carl L.
Publication
Woodbridge, Suffolk : Antique Collectors' Club, 1991.

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Description
462 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm
Subject
  • China trade art
  • Art, Chinese > Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912
Note
  • Rev. ed. of: China trade. 1972.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 450-456) and index.
Contents
Spoilum : paintings on glass and portraits -- The followers of Spoilum, 1800-1825 -- Lam Qua : 'handsome face-painter' -- The port views and ship portraits -- Later portraits and photographs -- Genre painting and copies of Western art -- Watercolours and gouaches -- Paintings on glass -- The export furniture 1730-1860 -- Gilt-decorated lacquerware -- The carvers and figure modellers -- Fans for a Western market -- The silversmiths and other metal workers -- Silks, embroideries and domestic fabrics -- Decorative painted wallpapers to 1850.
ISBN
1851490965
LCCN
91199067
OCLC
  • ocm24336027
  • SCSB-14341360
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries