Featuring nearly 100 of the most extraordinary objects produced in the colonies, this exhibition explores the rich, complex story of how craftsmen throughout the hemisphere adapted Asian styles in a range of materials—from furniture to silverwork, textiles, ceramics, and painting. Exquisite objects from Mexico City, Lima, Quito, Quebec City, Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, dating from the 17th to the early 19th centuries, include blue-and-white talavera ceramics copied from imported Chinese porcelains, elaborately decorated furniture inspired by imported Japanese lacquer, and luxuriously woven textiles made to replicate fine silks and cottons imported from China and India.
Exhibition held in Gallery 184.
Dates:August 18, 2015 10:00 am to February 15, 2016 05:00 pm
Address:465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
Phone:617-267-9300
Contact:Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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