Women Silversmiths, 1685-1845
Details:
- Author(s) Glanville, Philippa, & Jennifer Goldsborough
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1990
- Pages 176pp; illus
- Publisher Thames & Hudson & National Museum of Women in the Arts
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Women in business
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
A catalogue documenting the silver decorative objects made by women in the collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts [Washington DC], being 'the first book' to focus on women silversmiths and record their importance in silversmithing in Britain and Ireland. Comprises introductory chapter, description of the collection and of individual items, and a 'Biographical list of British and Irish women silversmiths'. The latter is, in effect, a gazetteer