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ArticleChinese blue-and-white ceramicsDiscover some of the most iconic and enduring objects in the history of Chinese ceramics
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ArticleThe influence of East Asian lacquer on European furnitureFind out how the desire for Asian lacquer influenced Western furniture for centuries
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ArticleChinoiserie – an introductionpagodas, fabulous birds and figures in Chinese clothes.…
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ArticleArts and Crafts: design for the homeThis meant designing furniture, metalwork pieces, ceramics and other objects specially to fit a new,…
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ArticleWilliam Kent: designing Georgian BritainThe heavy, gilded style of furniture and interiors that took his name – 'Kentian' – was largely inspired…
Objects
Interior of a Chinese shop
Netherlands, 1680-1700
Dressing table
London, ca. 1754
Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines and Utensils
London, 1757
Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines and Utensils
London, 1757
Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines and Utensils
London, 1757
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Blog PostMaterial choices – what are things made from and why?of a modest unglazed clay teapot (in this case a replica of one that once belong to a 17th- century Chinese…
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Blog PostPandemic Objects: Toilet RollHowever, one Chinese visitor to Britain in the 1860s was appalled to find no purpose-made toilet paper…
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Blog PostA Tour of China’s Design Cities: BeijingCentral Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) 中央美术学院 The Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) and the Chinese Academy…
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Blog PostGlobal design histories and contemporary art practice: Lubna Chowdhary in residence at the V&Athe sixteenth century, the British East India Company and British colonial encroachment on Indian and Chinese…
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Blog PostA Tour of China’s Design Cities: ShanghaiShanghai is the largest Chinese city by population (and the largest city proper by population in the…
