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From East to West : "Quaker farmer" Chinese export porcelain in America : an exhibition at Dumbarton House, October 25, 2005 through October 28, 2006 / Brian J. Lang.

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Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-146763

Description

p. cm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

China trade porcelain
Porcelain, Chinese Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912

Originator

Lang, Brian J. (Brian Joseph), 1969-
Dumbarton House (Washington, D.C.)

Publication

Washington, DC : National Society of The Colonial Dames of America

Description

p. cm.

Notes

Exhibition catalog examining the manufacture of porcelain for export, the China trade, and the involvement of the Morris family of Philadelphia, especially in the commission of "Quaker farmer" service by Israel Wistar Morris (1778-1870) and Mary Hollingsworth Morris (1776-1820).
Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN

0964367610 (alk. paper)
9780964367616 (alk. paper)

Call Number

Coll. NK4565.5.L36 2006

Other People and Orgs

Morris family

Material Type

Exhibitions.

Places

United States

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