Early European Decorated Tools from the Woodworking and Allied Trades

摘要

The cover blurb states that the European hand tools discussed in this study, dating from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, 'were either made decoratively or received surface decoration, often incorporating ancient symbols, dates and owners [sic] initials. Although all the tools featured were made to be primarily functional, the focus of the book is on the aesthetic qualities that transform such tools into examples of genuine folk art'.