The Arts Society Nerja
December Lecture on Tuesday, December 12, 2017
The Cultural Centre (Casa Cultura), c/ Granada, Nerja at 6pm pieces, predominantly Chinese painted silks but also including
furniture and porcelain.
The Honourable East India Company
East West Trade 1600 - 1800
Chinese Export And Chinoiserie
A fully illustrated presentation by Vivienne Lawes
Sponsored by Dr Rik Heymans, Nerja
With a glass of wine The presentation concludes with drawing the distinction
between Chinese export and Chinoiserie, using examples made
in Europe during the same period.
About Vivienne Lawes
Viv Lawes is a lecturer, curator, author and journalist, with over
twenty years’ experience in the art
market. She works at several prestigious
Higher Education institutions in
London, leading the Modern and
Contemporary unit of the Asian Art &
Its Markets semester course at Sotheby’s
Institute and the History of Decorative
Style (c.1400-1970) course at the City &
Guilds of London Art School. She also
lectures for the University of the Arts
and IESA (Institut d’Etudes Supérieures
des Arts), London.
Chinese painted silk, c.1765-70. This
lecture explores the way in which the
East India Company developed its
methods of trade. It shows how the 17th
century textile trade with India
established a methodology for sending
out patterns to be copied by the artisans,
replacing the original system of
importing textiles that were native in
design. The system of sending out
patterns to be copied was the norm by
the time the East India Company made
inroads into China in the 18th century –
a precursor of modern trading methods.
The Company rapidly evolved its
strategies, sending out several ships at a time to China and
eventually setting up permanent settlements in Macao.
As Senior UK Consultant to Singapore
gallery One East Asia since 2011, she has
co-curated many exhibitions of
Southeast Asian modern and contemporary art in London and
Singapore. Her current project is a book is on themes in equine
sculpture, commissioned by the Sladmore Gallery, London.
The currency and balance of trade is explained, and methods
of production are illustrated with a number of Chinese export
For further information contact Helen Sijsling on 660 907 856.
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