Techniques of Chinese Lacquer: The Classic Eighteenth-Century Treastise on Asian Varnish

by Filippo Bonanni

Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum focusing on the conservation of the Victoria and Albert Museum's Mazarin Chest, from March 3 to May 24, 2009, this is the first English translation of Jesuit Filippo Bonanni's eighteenth-century treatise, considered the most important and comprehensive early study of Chinese lacquer in Europe. Bonanni relates various authors' attempts to understand and analyze the composition of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892369531
• ISBN13: 9780892369539
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"