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The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter: An Architectural Survey of the Manufactories (None)
The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter An Architectural Survey of the Manufactories - None Author:John Catell, Sheila Ely, Barry Jones The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter is remarkable for its dense concentration of converted houses, factories and specialist buildings: a particular combination of structures associated with jewellery and metalworking does not seem to exist anywhere else in the world. Equally remarkable is the fact that these trades are carried out within the buildi... more »ngs constructed up to 180 years ago, often for the same or similar purposes. This authoritative book describes the development of the Quarter and the various building types it contains. It demonstrates the unique nature of the area, emphasising the value of the buildings that survive, as well as discussing the fascinating variety of industrial processes carried out there. (200 col and 82 b/w illus., 5 line drawings).« less