Many experts consider Chinese wallpaper to be a defining feature of the British country house interior. According to Oliver Impey, it is one of the…
Concluding Remarks: Afterlife Chinese wallpaper illustrates the myriad ways in which East India Company trade, employment and politics pervaded British social and cultural life, shaping…
The Importance of Gifts There was another route which Chinese wallpaper took from the workshops of Canton to the country houses of Britain. The…
The Russells and their Chinese Wallpaper The associations of the Russells and the East India Company cover six generations from the 1st to the 6th…
East India Company Family Connections There are many examples of Chinese wallpaper in the British country house. The on-going National Trust Chinese Wallpaper Project has…
An Elusive Object At all stages of its existence Chinese wallpaper has proved elusive. Although the Chinese pioneered the making of paper, c.105 AD they…
Chinese Wallpaper: An Elusive Element in the British Country House By Helen Clifford Please note that this case study was first published on blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah in…
Conclusion This case study explored a type of ware, created in terms of material and design, as a result of Britain’s trade with China through…
Inventories Within the collections of The John Rylands Library at the University of Manchester I found four different inventories for the nineteenth and early twentieth…
Visit to Dunham Massey After completing preliminary research on Dunham Massey’s ceramic collection, I visited to the house on 10 September 2013. I must admit…
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