Label Art of the Chinese World, 1890-1976

By Andrew S. Cahan

Enticing, eye catching, and artistic, the graphic art of product labels from years past also offers clues to understanding the contemporary culture and ways of life of everyday consumers. Here is a showcase of remarkable packaging and advertising art created from 1890 through 1976, primarily in Canton, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Macau, and other cities of large Chinese populations. Included are more than 400 different labels for products as diverse as tea, medicines, foods, cosmetics, cigarettes, harmonicas, fabrics, matches, phonograph records, firecrackers, and incense. Designers and historians alike will appreciate how these labels

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076434031X
• ISBN13: 9780764340314
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.9" x 11.3"