LANCE1 Lange, Amanda E: CHINESE EXPORT ART AT HISTORIC DEERFIELD. Deerfield, 2005. 284 pp. 275 colour illustrations. 28x20 cm. Cloth. GBP 55.00 Deerfield is located in Massachusetts in the USA and Historic Deerfield comprises the historic centre of this New England town and, in particular, 13 museum houses built between 1730 and 1850. The town had connections with the New England China trade and this is reflected in the Chinese export art that is contained within the museum houses. This is the first time these collections have been published and is a welcome contribution with many previously unseen pieces. Includes three essays: Of Merchants and Mandarins: An Overview of the China Trade; The Connecticut River Valley and the China Trade; Collecting Chinese Export Art at Historic Deerfield. Sections on Graphic Arts, Silks, Metals, Novelties, Porcelains. Illustrated throughout in colour and with good descriptive texts. Subjects: Ceramics Art Can be ordered in, as of: 03/07/2008 Was item 208 in printed List 144. Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com.