Gold and Silver Wyre-Drawers

Gold and Silver Wyre-Drawers

EnglishPaperback / softback
Glover Elizabeth
The History Press Ltd
EAN: 9780850332483
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Gold and silver were the mainstays of our financial system and were obvious materials for personal adornment, symbolising status and wealth. The methods which were used to turn the base metals into wire and thread for the ornamenting of clothes became the trade secrets of a medieval craft guild. The book highlights the connections with the trade, and of the trade itself. Among the historical details, there is an interesting account of the intrigues by which the 17th-century industry obtained from the Crown protection against competition from cheap imitations.

EAN 9780850332483
ISBN 0850332486
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher The History Press Ltd
Publication date July 11, 1979
Pages 112
Language English
Dimensions 250 x 190 x 20
Country United Kingdom
Readership General
Authors Glover Elizabeth