has just invented a Chinese Mill that, by way of its shape, can catch the wind in any direction. Imitation and invention were closely connected in luxury and semi-luxury production, as Maxine Berg has shown. Shopkeepers and craftsmen used advertising to proclaim skill, especially when creating imitations that were indistinguishable from the original, or even better: on silk and gauze much better than articles from The porcelain and ‘[she] paints designs China’. china sectors were particularly well-developed: Manufacture of porcelains. Located in the town of Sèvres; the wares that are produced Chinese porcelain. perfectly imitate runs a sizeable factory for platters, plates and other vases in faience, a sort of Japanned porcelain … Advertisements emphasised the links between dexterity, imitation, fakes and inventiveness. This reflected the thinking of both consumers and shopkeepers: runs a Royal Manufacture for Varnishes, on metals, to [...] embellish and give vases in tole and tin the appearance of precious furnishings from China owns a which resists the harm of air and even Chinese varnish that imitates moulded gold, acid, and which lasts over twenty years without changing Quite on the contrary, other dealers chose to emphasise a authenticity, using product’s or as did this genuine Persians from the words like ‘true’ ‘genuine’, haberdasher: ‘Sells […] Indies and England in (Figure 14.4, pieces’. ‘The Golden Apple’). Genuine yellow tea from China Shop deals in genuine Papers from the Indies in all sizes, with Landscapes, Figures, Flowers and Birds to decorate Dessert trays, Door coverings, Windscreens and Screens In fact, for the most part, what they actually meant was to insist upon was true invention, like this varnish that perfectly imitates the most beautiful gilding and the most ‘true English […] […] beautiful China This was as fake as most black’. ‘exotic’ products: True English Varnish from Sir Torogood that perfectly imitates the most beautiful […]
has just invented a Chinese Mill that, by way of its shape, can catch the wind in any direction. Imitation and invention were closely connected in luxury and semi-luxury production, as Maxine Berg has shown. Shopkeepers and craftsmen used advertising to proclaim skill, especially when creating imitations that were indistinguishable from the original, or even better: ‘[she] paints designs on silk and gauze much better than articles from China’. The porcelain and china sectors were particularly well-developed: Manufacture of porcelains. Located in the town of Sèvres; the wares that are produced perfectly imitate Chinese porcelain. runs a sizeable factory for platters, plates and other vases in Japanned faience, a sort of porcelain … Advertisements emphasised the links between dexterity, imitation, fakes and inventiveness. This reflected the thinking of both consumers and shopkeepers: runs a Royal Manufacture for Varnishes, on metals, to [...] embellish and give vases in tole and tin the appearance of precious furnishings from China owns a Chinese varnish that imitates moulded gold, which resists the harm of air and even acid, and which lasts over twenty years without changing Quite on the contrary, other dealers chose to emphasise a product’s authenticity, using words like ‘true’ or ‘genuine’, as did this haberdasher: ‘Sells […] genuine Persians from the Indies and England in pieces’. (Figure 14.4, ‘The Golden Apple’). Genuine yellow tea from China Shop deals in genuine Papers from the Indies in all sizes, with Landscapes, Figures, Flowers and Birds to decorate Dessert trays, Door coverings, Windscreens and Screens In fact, for the most part, what they actually meant was to insist upon was true invention, like this ‘true English varnish […] that perfectly imitates the most beautiful gilding […] and the most beautiful China black’. This was as fake as most ‘exotic’ products: True English Varnish from Sir Torogood […] that perfectly imitates the most beautiful
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