Chats on Oriental China
Chats on Oriental China

Author: J. F. Blacker

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2023-10-12

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13:

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J. F. Blacker invites readers to explore the world of Oriental China in "Chats on Oriental China." Blacker's expertise in the subject matter is evident as he engages in informative conversations about this intricate and culturally rich art form. The book provides valuable insights into the history, craftsmanship, and significance of Oriental China. Whether you're an art enthusiast or simply curious about this fascinating topic, Blacker's book is an enlightening and educational read.

Ching Ling Foo: America’s First Chinese Superstar
Ching Ling Foo: America’s First Chinese Superstar

Author: Samuel D. Porteous

Publisher: Hybrid Global Publishing

Published: 2021-05-21

Total Pages: 983

ISBN-13: 195194321X

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On the eve of the 20th century, Chinese magician Ching Ling Foo, one of the greatest illusionists ever seen on American soil, along with his talented family of musicians and acrobats overcomes deportation attempts, homeland tragedy, crooked managers and a diabolically clever American copycat to make an indelible impact on American culture becoming one of the highest paid and most popular acts in the United States twice. First, between 1898 and 1900 then once more between 1912 and 1915. Foo's story is indeed a magical one but, it is also so much more. With its focus on the interplay between Chinese and Western culture, celebrity, intercultural teen singing sensations, geopolitics, international intrigue, nativism, and disruptive technology, careful readers will discover "Foo" may hold many lessons for our own increasingly unruly era.

The Language of Fashion - Dictionary and Digest of Fabric, Sewing and Dress
The Language of Fashion - Dictionary and Digest of Fabric, Sewing and Dress

Author: Mary Brooks Picken

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2013-04-16

Total Pages: 587

ISBN-13: 1447493613

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This vintage book contains an exhaustive dictionary of fashion terms, with instructions for pronunciation, brief explanations, and lists of synonyms. Timeless and comprehensive, “The Language Of Fashion Dictionary And Digest Of Fabric, Sewing And Dress” will be of utility to those involved in the fashion industry, and is not to be missed by the discerning collector. Contents include: “Belts”, “Bindings”, “Blouses”, “Bobs”, “Bodices”, “Bonnets”, “Boots”, “Bows”, “Bracelets”, “Braids”, “Buckles”, “Bustles”, “Buttons”, “Buttonholes”, “Canvas”, “Caps”, “Capes”, “Checks”, “Coats”, “Collars”, “Color”, “Combs”, “Cottons”, “Crepes”, “Cuffs”, “Dots”, “Dress and Dresses”, “Dyeing”, “Embroideries”, “Eyelets”, “Fabric”, “Fancy Dress”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of textiles and weaving. This book was first published in 1939.

"Fashion, Interior Design and the Contours of Modern Identity "

Author: Alla Myzelev

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1351567217

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Challenging the notion that fashion and furniture were or are separate enterprises and distinct material aesthetic traditions, this collection focuses on three material and conceptual links central to understanding the relationship between interior design and fashion-the body, fabric, and space. The volume considers the changing visual, material and spatial character, methodological challenges posed by, and formal, political and historiographical significance of, a wide range of British, European and North American case studies since the eighteenth century. The volume's eleven case studies allow the reader to understand connecting notions behind the formation of interiors and fashionable clothing. The essays combine a wide range of significant and challenging new examples alongside powerful reversionary analyses of the various periods, artists, designers, and their best and significant objects. Fashion, Interior Design and the Contours of Modern Identity is concerned not only with fabric, but also with the body and the implications of embodiment in the practices of both design domains which are equally invested in the comfort, aesthetic pleasure, extension and support of the body in different and yet seemingly identical ways.