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Crossman, Carl L., author.

The decorative arts of the China trade : paintings, furnishings and exotic curiosities / Carl L Crossman.

[Woodbridge, Suffolk, England] : Antique Collectors' Club, 1991.

462 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

"The technicalities of trading with the Chinese are followed in detail through a voyage, shipwreck and subsequent trading in Canton in 1819/20 by Captain Benjamin Shreve of Salem, Massachusetts (though it could equally have been by a captain of any of the other nationalities), while details of life and objects bought in China are depicted throughout the book." "This work, which completely supersedes the earlier work of the same title by the author, includes many new discoveries and attributions, as well as a wealth of additional information. With 325 black and white and 136 colour plates, it is the definitive source book and essential reference on the decorative arts of the China trade."--Jacket.

China trade art.

Art, Chinese -- Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912.

Crossman, Carl L. China trade.

Revised edition of: China trade. 1972.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 450-456) and index.

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.

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