Chinese whispers : chinoiserie in Britain, 1650-1930
Details
Type of record: Book
Title: Chinese whispers : chinoiserie in Britain, 1650-1930
Other titles: Chinoiserie in Britain, 1650-1930
Classmark: Bedford Collection C187
Additional creator(s): Beevers, David (Editor); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner); Royal Pavilion, Art Gallery, and Museums (Host institution)
Publisher: Royal Pavilion & Museums
Publication city: Brighton [England]
Date(s): 2008
Language: English
Size and medium: 143 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/733426
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019975191905181
Description
"Published... on the occasion of the exhibition ... held at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery and the Royal Pavillion, 3 May-2 November 2008"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Mand'rin only is the man of taste' : 17th and 18th century chinoiserie in Britain / David Beevers -- 'Prodigious charming pots... ' : British chinoiserie ceramics / Stella Beddoe -- Chinoiserie silver in Britain / James Lomax -- Chinese themes in 18th century gardens / Patrick Conner -- Chinese style in 19th century Britain / Patrick Conner -- What's in a Chinese room? : 20th century chinoiserie, modernity and femininity / Sarah Cheang -- List of works. Silver and metalwork ; Ceramics ; Furniture and furnishings ; Costume, textiles and fans ; Books ; Pictures, prints and drawings, and wallpaper.
The Royal Pavilion in Brighton is the most dazzling example of chinoiserie style and extravagance in Britain, and is the inspiration and focus for this major exhibition. -- Back cover.
Features
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection C187: Contains 3 loose inserts: 1: Giving Hope interiors a makeover by Anne Crane (Antiques Trade Gazette, 26 Apr. 2008). 2: Oriental splendours by Philippa Glanville (Country Life, 24 Apr. 2008). 3: The enchanted land of dreams and dragons by Richard Dorment (Daily Telegraph, 13 May 2008).
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection C187: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: ST/47.
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