Merchant of Ivory in 16th-Century Paris: The Estate Inventory of Chicart Bailly

Katherine Baker, Ph.D., 2013, University of Virginia, is Associate Professor at the Arkansas State University. Her interests focus on the intersection of text and objects, and how documents can help us understand the things made in the past.

• ContentsAcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsIntroductionPart 1: Text and Context1.1 The Document: Notaries and Legacies1.2 The Family: Many Sons and Daughters1.3 The House: At the Sign of the ElephantPart 2: A Staggering Supply2.1 The Objects: From the Opulent to the Ordinary2.2 Global Goods: Incomplete Items: Raw and Half-Made in the Inventory2.3 The Means of Making: Tools in the Estate Inventory2.4 Playtime: Games and Toys2.5 Holy and Hewn: Religious Objects in the Inventory2.6 A Beginning at the EndPart 3: Marchandise de TabletterieTranscription — Translation3.1 The Process Related to the Transcription — Translation3.2 The Inventory of 15333.3 Index of Inventory MerchandiseAppendix 1 — Material Culture in the Professional SpacesAppendix 2 — Letters and DebtsAppendix 3 — Documents Related to the Inheritance of Chicart BaillyBibliographyIndex

"Baker’s book is a highly welcome contribution, and with its wealth of documentation will stimulate much discussion over a wide area. [...] Baker has performed a signal service by making available for the first time a primary documentary source that will fuel scholarship for years to come." – Paul Williamson, in: The Burlington Magazine (July 2024), p.752