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Goldsmiths

By: British Museum Press

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Medieval Craftsman

Last Stocked on 5/11/2015

Product Info

Title
Goldsmiths
Product Line
Category
Author
John Cherry
Publish Year
1992
Pages
72
Dimensions
8.5x8.5x.2"
NKG Part #
2147572600
Type
Softcover

Description

Combining documentary, archaeological, and pictorial evidence, the author describes how goldsmiths worked for both the Church and for royalty. By the fifteenth century their trade was centred in the principal ccourts and cities of Europe. John Cherry describes the organization of the craft, including the supply of raw materials, and follows the careers of individual goldsmiths, some of whom rose to high positions in society.