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A male artisan.

France assimilated the craft of glass-making, and her craftsmen acquired a wide reputation.

It is said that the glass industry was established at Altare, in the 11th century, by French craftsmen.

It was well adapted for receiving cut and engraved decoration, and in these processes the German craftsmen proved themselves to be exceptionally skilful.

Historians have expressed divergent views regarding the early relations of the craftsmen and their fraternities to the gild merchant.

Separate societies of craftsmen were formed in England soon after the gild merchant came into existence; but at first they were few in number.

As has already been intimated, however, many artisans probably belonged both to their own craft fraternity and to the gild merchant, and the latter, owing to its great power in the town, may have exercised some sort of supervision over the craftsmen and their societies.

Many master craftsmen now became wealthy employers of labour, dealing extensively in the wares which they produced.

When these various unions of dealers and of craftsmen embraced all the trades and branches of production in the town, little or no vitality remained in the old gild merchant; it ceased to have an independent sphere of activity.

A widespread movement of this sort would scarcely be found in England, where trade and industry were less developed than on the continent, and where the motives of a class conflict between merchants and craftsmen were less potent.

Whatever power they did secure, whether as potent subsidiary organs of the municipal polity for the regulation of trade, or as the chief or sole medium for the acquisition of citizenship, or as integral parts of the common council, was, generally speaking, the logical sequence of a gradual economic development, and not the outgrowth of a revolutionary movement by which oppressed craftsmen endeavoured to throw off the yoke of an arrogant patrician gild merchant.

The names of the engravers who cut his designs are not known, and in fact the reputation of these craftsmen is curiously subordinated to that of the designers in all Japanese work of the kind.

He and the craftsmen of the school he established completely refute the theory that the anatomical solecisms commonly seen in the works of Japanese sculptors are due to faulty observation.

He agreed to pay to Decebalus an annual subsidy, and to supply him with engineers and craftsmen skilled in all kinds of construction, but particularly in the erection of fortifications and defensive works.

Engineers and other craftsmen make extensive use of abrasion, effected by the aid of such abrasives as emery and carborundum, in shaping, finishing and polishing their work.

Not counting the craftsmen employed in merely manual labour, Aldo entertained as many as thirty of these Greek assistants in his family.

But though in Bremen the efforts of the craftsmen's "arts" to secure a share of power had been held in check and the gilds never gained any importance, the city government did not, as at Cologne and elsewhere, develop into a close patrician oligarchy.

At the meeting of the states in 1604 Duke Charles assumed the Swedish crown as Charles IX.; and not long afterwards Duke John of Ostergotland introduced German craftsmen into Norrkoping, and thus originated its industrial activity.

In the 13th century the archbishops made repeated efforts to reassert their authority, and in 1259 Archbishop Conrad of Hochstaden, by appealing to the democratic element of the population, the "brotherhoods" (fraternitates) of the craftsmen, succeeded in overthrowing the Richerzeche and driving its members into exile.

This led to the enrichment of the archivolts and imposts with that peculiar type of conventional foliage which characterizes Mahommedan work, and which in this case was carried out by Coptic craftsmen.

The explanation of the fact may partly be that the mechanical and other discoveries of the most ingenious minds among them, when not in constant requisition by later generations, were misunderstood or forgotten, and even in other cases were preserved only as rules of thumb by the craftsmen and experts, who would jealously hide them as secrets of trade.

It was valuable in teaching how to work within definite limitations, but without slavish copying; it also emancipated a considerable body of craftsmen from the tyranny of manufacturers whose sole idea was that machine-work should supersede handicraft.

The technical schools have also been of immense service in creating a class of self-respecting craftsmen, whose wages enable them to regard their work as worthy occupation abounding in interest.

This large class of designers and craftsmen, to whom a thorough knowledge of the history of design is a necessity, follows and develops traditional lines.

Thus the official inspection of markets, community of interests on the part of the craftsmen, and co-operation for social and religious ends, worked together in the formation of craft-gilds.

The fact that the craftsmen were a homogeneous order will account for the wide authority claimed by their societies, and the important public powers which were conceded to them.

The company, or rather, the wardens, the assistants and livery presented a petition to the lord mayor, which was answered by the discontented craftsmen.

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Some top cymbals are hand hammered by skilled craftsmen who have learned a craft passed down over the centuries.

Our vast range is all handcrafted using traditional methods by individual craftsmen who combine tradition with contemporary design.

Handmade by craftsmen in the country's second oldest foundry.

Shortly afterward the local goldsmith John Elston seems to have brought London craftsmen, skilled in making complex objects, to Exeter.

Masks and crafts Portuguese traders first bought worked ivory, bone and wooden statues from native craftsmen over 500 years ago.

They are excellent craftsmen and produce suberb metalwork and jewelry.

Made in Sheffield by local craftsmen, it is an item of quality combined with Nick's trademark panache and self-confidence.

It is a town to which many builders have contributed, from the medieval stonemasons to the craftsmen that created the splendid Georgian facades.

Most of the Florentine production was devoted to cabinets and table tops which provided the best vehicles to display the virtuosity of the craftsmen.

The Dutch brought Indonesian craftsmen to teach the craft to Dutch warders in several factories in Holland from 1835.

The finest and softest Faux Furs which are then individually made in their own workrooms by highly skilled craftsmen.

Infinitely greater as a designer was Alfred Stevens, whose influence on English craftsmen might be regarded as almost comparable to that of Michelangelo on that of his Italian contemporaries.

The company 's skilled craftsmen can repair and refinish damaged wood and metal work.

Many items are made by their skilled craftsmen in their own workshop.

That said, today there are only a handful of craftsmen left practicing the art of trug making.

If you live in the mountains, you may already know craftsmen who design and make rocking chairs.

Pewter Mint Julep cups were inspired by the works of early craftsmen in the south.The cup is traditionally 6.5 inches tall, with a top diameter of 4 inches, a flat bottom and straight sides that flare only slightly at the top.

The craftsmen at Thomasville use solid woods and veneers to create their fine wooden pieces.

When evaluating new or used Thomasville wooden furniture, interpret very narrow and small cracks as part of the beauty of wood furniture made by master craftsmen.

Although the bark is often removed by machine, there are still craftsmen that peel and sand the logs by hand.

These are often found out in the country in the areas where these people live, but because you can find a lot of pieces in one place, it's more efficient than visiting the individual craftsmen.

Nowadays many non-Amish retailers run websites on behalf of the craftsmen.

Beautifully crafted Amish home furniture includes a selection of simple yet elegant designs created by skilled craftsmen known for their quality workmanship and attention to details.