About this title: The manufacture of luxury textiles, such as silk, was central to an Italian Renaissance economy based on status and conspicuous consumption. From the rapidly changing fashions that drove demand to the jobs created for craftsmen, weavers and merchants, the wealth and prestige associated with silk throughout Europe made it Italy's leading export industry. In this work, Luca Mol examines the silk industry in Renaissance Venice amid changing markets, suppliers, producers and government regulations. Drawing on archival research and European scholarship, Mol documents the innovations Venetians made ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-13:9780801861895ISBN:0801861896
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Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780801861895ISBN:0801861896
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