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A Merchant of Ivory in 16th-Century Paris: The Estate Inventory of Chicart Bailly

A Merchant of Ivory in 16th-Century Paris: The Estate Inventory of Chicart Bailly

Baker, Katherine

Hardcover

Series: Avista Studies in the History of Medieval Technology, Scienc, Book 17

Art History

ISBN10: 9004534687
ISBN13: 9789004534681
Publisher: Brill
Published: Apr 27 2023
Pages: 362
Weight: 1.54
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
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.

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