Inspired by China
Subtitle: contemporary furnituremakers explore Chinese traditions
By: Nancy Berliner, Edward S. Cooke, Jr.
Contributors: Cooke, Edward S.; Peabody Essex Museum.
Publisher: Peabody Essex Museum; Distrubuted by University of Washington Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Salem, Mass; Seattle, Wash
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780875772073
Subjects: Furniture -- China; Furniture design -- United States -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions
Notes: "Published in conjunction with the exhibition Inspired by China: contemporary furnituremakers explore Chinese traditions, organized by the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, October 28, 2006-March 4, 2007. Exhibition tour: Museum of Arts and Design, New York, June 28-October 28, 2007; Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, November 30, 2007-March 31, 2008"--T.p. verso.

"Second printing, 2007"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword  -- Dan L. Monroe and Lynda Roscoe Hartigan; title: Introducing Inspired by China  -- Nancy Berliner and Edward S. Cooke Jr.; title: Considering influences from afar: the impact of foreign cultures on Chinese furniture  -- Nancy Berliner; title: In and out of fashion: changing American engagements with Chinese furniture  -- Edward S. Cooke Jr.; title: Furniture, inspiring and inspired  -- Nancy Berliner and Edward S. Cooke, Jr.; title: The artists and their biographies -- Nancy Berliner and Edward S. Cooke, Jr.