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Chinese Art Objects, Collecting, and Interior Design in Twentieth-Century Britain

Chinese Art Objects, Collecting, and Interior Design in Twentieth-Century Britain

Glaister, Helen

Hardcover

Series: Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950

Art HistoryChinese ArtGeneral Art

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ISBN10: 1032135409
ISBN13: 9781032135403
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Aug 26 2022
Pages: 162
Language: English

This book explores the relationship between collecting Chinese ceramics, interior design and display in Britain through the eyes of collectors, designers and tastemakers during the years leading to, during and following the Second World War.

The Ionides Collection of European style Chinese export porcelain forms the nucleus of this study - defined by its design hybridity - offering insights into the agency of Chinese porcelain in diverse contexts, from seventeenth-century Batavia to twentieth-century Britain, raising questions about notions of Chineseness, Britishness, and identity politics across time and space. Through the biographies of the collectors, this book highlights the role of collecting Chinese art objects, particularly porcelain, in the construction of individual and group identities. Social networks linking the Ionides to agents and dealers, auctioneers, and museum specialists bring into focus the dynamics of collecting during this period, the taste of the Ionides and their self-fashioning as collectors.

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