A View of Chinese Rugs from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century by H.A. Lorentz Canadian Art staged the Dazzle Ball

staged the Dazzle Ball

11 map & b/w illustrations

Alan Jarvis - the brilliant and charismatic director of the National Gallery of Canada - was forced to resign following a disagreement with the government over the purchase of works by European Old Masters

from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries

Aspects of both the man and the work are captured in this beautifully produced book created to be especially accessible for young readers

A View of Chinese Rugs from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century by H.A. Lorentz Canadian Art staged the Dazzle BallA View of Chinese Rugs from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century by H. A. Lorentz 4to. pp. xxi, 194. colour plates & b w illustrations. bibliography. index. hardcover. dw. (near fine some light wear to extremities of dust wrapper). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1973. *colophon page shows this book was printed in 1972 but was actually published in 1973 due to printing delays. ISBN 10: 071006912X ISBN 13: 9780710069122