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The white road : journey into an obsession / Edmund de Waal.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection NK4370 .D45 2015
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
De Waal, Edmund, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Porcelain--History.
Porcelain.
De Waal, Edmund--Travel.
De Waal, Edmund.
Physical Description:
401 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition:
First American edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Summary:
"An intimate narrative history of porcelain, structured around five journeys through landscapes where porcelain was dreamed about, fired, refined, collected, and coveted"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Jingdezhen, Venice, Dublin
Jingdezhen
Versailles, Dresden
Plymouth
Ayoree Mountain, Etruria, Cornwall
London, Jingdezhen, Dachau
London, New York, London
Breathturn.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Local Notes:
Athenaeum copy: Dornsife fund bookplate.
ISBN:
9780374289263 : HRD
0374289263 : HRD

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