Author: MURDOCH, TESSA, EDITOR
Title: Beyond the border: Huguenot goldsmiths in northern Europe and North America / edited by Tessa Murdoch
Description: Brighton: Sussex Academic Press 2008. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; xiv. 173 p. [8] p. of plates: ill. (some col.). map.; 31 cm. Notes; Proceedings of a symposium in honour of Paul Cahn. held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. London. January 2007. and on the occasion of an exhibition of silver by Paul de Lamerie from the collection of Paul Cahn. at the V&A and afterwards travelling to Memphis. Tennessee. St Louis. Missouri and the Powerhouse. Sydney. Preface by Mark Jones. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Incomplete contents Part I. Huguenot goldsmiths in northern Europe. Introduction / Christopher Hartop. -- Huguenot goldsmiths in France prior to the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes / Michèle Bimbenet Privat.-- Huguenot goldsmiths and their influence in The Hague in the late 17th century / Jet Pijzel-Dommisse.-- Huguenot goldsmiths in Berlin and Cassel in the 17th and 18th centuries / Hans Ottomeyer. Incomplete contents Part II. Huguenot goldsmiths in the English-speaking world. Introduction / Philippa Glanville.-- Huguenot goldsmiths in colonial New York and Philadelphia. 1680-1750 / David L. Barquist.-- Huguenot goldsmiths in colonial Boston and Charleston / Beth Carver Wees.-- Huguenot goldsmiths in Ireland: Cork / John Bowen.--International influences on Paul de Lamerie and second-generation Huguenot goldsmiths in London / Tessa Murdoch. Summary; 'Beyond the Border' sets the lives and work of Huguenot goldsmiths in the context of the different societies in which they lived and worked. Distinguished international scholars explore the contributions of individual goldsmiths drawing on new research. Michele Bimbenet Privat examines the lives and work of Huguenot goldsmiths in France during times of tolerance of the Protestant religion in the 16th and 17th centuries. She explains how protestant craftsmen dominated regional centres but found establishing a presence in the metropolis more challenging. The influence of the Louis XIV style was greater on the leading Dutch goldsmiths in the late 17th and 18th centuries. In contrast to London. first generation Huguenot goldsmiths played only a minor role in their adopted cities of The Hague and Amsterdam. Those who settled in Berlin and Kassel. often from Metz in Northern France. made a greater impact through the purity of style in which they continued to work in the 18th century. Those who settled in the English speaking world benefited from ambitious patronage from noble and professional clients. Goldsmiths who settled in the American colonies had more in common stylistically with those who worked in Dublin and Cork. First generation Huguenot goldsmiths in London set the pace for the next generation which produced in Paul de Lamerie one of the most successful craft businesses of his generation. 'Beyond the Border' explores the transatlantic links between the Huguenot goldsmiths who settled in Europe and America. Review: A solid. beautiful. and exceptionally well documented piece of silver literature. -- Silver Magazine. Subjects; Huguenot goldsmiths - Europe. Northern. Huguenot goldsmiths - North America. Huguenot goldsmiths - Europe. Northern - Congresses. Huguenot goldsmiths - North America - Congresses. Goldwork - Europe - History - 18th century. Goldwork - America - History - 18th century. Huguenots - History. Silver. Gold. Europe. Jewish studies; Economic history; Entrepreneurship. Greek islands. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General. ART / History / Baroque & Rococo. Weight in Kg appr.:

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