British Saws and Saw Makers from c1660
Details:
- Author(s) Barley, Simon L
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2014
- Pages 734pp; illus
- Publisher Choir Press
- Place Published Gloucester
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Largely comprises a directory of many hundreds of saw makers, 1660-2010, [pp107-669], for each maker giving a text description of their history plus address and time span plus illustration of their maker's mark. Supported by introductory chapters: ''Making a saw'; 'Where saws were made and by whom'; 'Dating a saw - the development of design and appearance'; 'Dating a saw - summary'; 'Saw handle fasteners'; 'Deals with how saws were made, the centres of saw manufacture, the way that saw designs changed, saw handle design and fixings, types of hand saw, and a directory with detailed descriptions of makers and dealers. Heavily illustrated