Encounters by Anna Jackson
Vasco da Gama set sail in 1497 on a quest for highly prized spices from the East. His discovery of the sea route to India established, for the first time, direct contact between Europe and East Asia, ushering in a period of rich commercial and artistic exchange.
Anna Jackson is Deputy Keeper in the V&A's Asian Department. Her research interests include the cultural relationship between East Asia and the West in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. She is the author of Japanese Country Textiles (V&A, 1997), Japanese Textiles in the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A, 2000) and The V&A Guide to Period Styles: 400 years of British Art and Design (V&A, 2002) and a contributor to others including Art Deco 1910-1939 (V&A, 2003). Amin Jaffer is a Research Fellow at the Victoria and Albert Museum. He is an expert on furniture in early colonial India and is a regular lecturer and contributor to periodicals on the subject of furniture and interiors in early modern India. He is the author of Furniture from British India and Ceylon (V&A, 2001) and Luxury Goods from India: the Art of the Indian Cabinet Maker (V&A, 2002).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781851774326 |
| ISBN 10 | 1851774327 |
| Title | Encounters |
| Author | Anna Jackson |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | V & A Publishing |
| Year published | 2004-09-17 |
| Number of pages | 395 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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