"While we sometimes think about the past as distant and dusty, portals that can shoot through centuries exist. The estate inventory of Chicart Bailly is one of those gateways, and through its many pages we are transported back into an entirely different material culture - Paris at the turn of t...

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1. Verfasser:	Baker, Katherine (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Leiden ; Boston Brill [2023]
Schriftenreihe:	AVISTA studies in medieval technology, science and art volume 17
Schlagworte:	Bailly, Chicart > 14XX-1533 Geschichte 1500-1550 Elfenbeinschnitzerei Elfenbeinhandel Paris Bailly, Chicart / -1533 Ivory carving / France / History / 16th century Ivory industry / France / History / 16th century Carvers (Decorative artists) / France / History / 16th century
Online-Zugang:	DE-Y3 DE-255 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	"While we sometimes think about the past as distant and dusty, portals that can shoot through centuries exist. The estate inventory of Chicart Bailly is one of those gateways, and through its many pages we are transported back into an entirely different material culture - Paris at the turn of the 16th century. Chicart, whose death in June 1533 led to the creation of the document, was part of a legacy of working with ivory, bone, and precious woods as a tabletier. This transcription and annotated translation of the inventory provides a key for new insights into this previously understudied profession -- the objects made, the varied media used, and the world of the Paris' tabletiers"--
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 376 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:	9789004539839 9004539832
DOI:	10.1163/9789004539839