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#65812 04/17/02 04:59 PM
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Nah, Bill, Sevres would be a lot pricier than this porcelein I have in mind...sorry I don't have the accent grave on this computer.

Thx, WW


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Do you mean like the French fabric "Toile du Jouy"?

http://linensoutlet.com/toilefabrics.html


#65814 04/17/02 10:09 PM
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Okay its late.. i don't know what it called by i think this is the style.. they call it delft, but these are more americana designs than deft.. (or so i think)
it not an active link, cause its late, and i got to go..
so its broken..
http://www.lillianvernon.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/
ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-
1&catalogId=10001&categoryId=10103&productId=10737
&catTree=10102,10103&clearance=0

is this what you mean?


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#65816 04/18/02 12:26 AM
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I can now spell porcelain. Bloody big deal. But I can now spell it.

Bill: Is it chyrsalis?

Edit: chrysalis?

#65817 04/18/02 12:39 AM
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ROMFL!, Jo!...Maybe I could interest you in another page?

And Dub-Dub (to hyphenate, or not to hyphenate?),
I've always been a little on the anti-celain side, myself.

The Only WO'N!

#65818 04/18/02 01:28 AM
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"Do you mean like the French fabric "Toile du Jouy"?" Pour filles de joies?


#65819 04/18/02 11:37 AM
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DubDub, I don't have time to look through these, but here's a link to Google that has several possibilities:
http://www.google.com/search?q=china+patterns&sa=Google+Search&cat=gwd/Top/Shopping&hl=en


#65820 04/19/02 01:56 AM
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I know exactly what you mean. Unlikely as it may seem, I have always seen this referred to as "China export porcelain." Meaning, I believe, that it was a type of china which the Chinese made for export.

It was imported in huge quantites on sailing ships at cheap prices. One of the reasons for it's cheapness was that it was actually used as ballast on the trip from China to the U.S. This isn't the only common import used as ballast. The rectangular stones which used to be used for paving streets (often called "cobblestones" which is incorrect -- cobblestones are round) and which are called "Belgian blocks" in Baltimore, were also used as ballast.

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