Japanned Papier Mâché and Tinware, c1740-1940
Details:
- Author(s) Jones, Yvonne
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2012
- Pages 335pp; illus
- Publisher Antique Collectors' Club
- Place Published Woodbridge
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Largely about production and products. Aimed at collectors. Focuses on industry at Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Bilston and London. Has chapters: 'From imitation to innovation - the origins of japanning in the West'; 'Enter the dragon - tinplate working and the japanning trade'; 'A lion of the district - papier mâché and the japanning trade; 'Japanning and decorating'; 'Not a bed of roses - workshops, factories and labour'; 'Clever accidents? Design, taste and criticism'; 'Decline of the Midlands japanning industry'; 'Birmingham japanners'; 'Wolverhampton japanners'; 'Bilston japanners'; ' Japanners in London and Oxford'; 'Products'; 'Other Western japanning centres'