Chinese Whispers: Chinoiserie in Britain 1650-1930 Tapa blanda - 2008

Paperback. Very Good.

Brighton: Royal Pavilion & Museums, 2009. First Edition. . Paperback. Very Good. First edition. Paperback. 27 × 21.5cm, 143pp. China has fascinated the imagination of the West for centuries. The story of chinoiserie in Britain is a dazzling example of contact between two very different cultures. This indispensable and beautifully illustrated guide to the chinoiserie style tells three centuries of stories through rare and exotic objects. Loans from HM The Queen, national museums and private collections include some of the earliest Chinese and China Trade objects exported to Britain. English merchants returned from China with silk, porcelain, tea and lacquer. These fabulous objects inspired local craftsmen to produce their own fantastical pieces using the fanciful imagery of an imaginary China. The Royal Pavilion in Brighton is the most dazzling example of chinoiserie style and extravagance in Britain, and is the inspiration and focus for the major exhibition that this book accompanies.… Leer más

Brighton: Royal Pavillion & Museums, Brighton & Hove, 2009. Full colour glossy paperback in very good condition. Pages, plates and text are clear and unmarked throughout. LW. Paperback. Very Good. Used.

Brighton & Hove: Royal Pavilion & Museums, 2008. PB. very good, wraps (softcover) - Faint Bump Top Corner. B&W and color illustrations. ISBN 9780948723711 NOTE - would be fine except for a faint bump to corner. 143pp.

Brighton, England: Royal Pavillion & Museums, 2008. Paperback. VG (Light edgewear to wraps; interior is clean; binding is solid.). Light purple illustrated wraps with color illustration and white lettering; French flaps; 143 pp.; richly illustrated, primarily in color. This book was "published on the occasion of the exhibition...held at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery and the Royal Pavillion, 3 May-November 2008" -- title page verso.

Royal Pavilion & Museums, 2009-03-16. paperback. Very Good. 8x0x10. Ships Out Tomorrow!

, 143 pages, other contributors: Stella Beddoe, James Lomax, Patrick Conner, and Sarah Cheang, accompanied the exhibition at the museum/gallery and pavilion 3 May - 2 November 2008, catalogue of works at the back

A. C. C. (Distribution). New. 2008. Paperback. 0948723718 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- Corresponds to ISBN: 9780948723711. Text in English. 144 pp. With 73 ills. (64 col. ) and 112 col. Reference ills. 27 x 22 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- .