Geschichte der Solinger Klingenindustrie / von Rudolf Cronau

Cronau, Rudolf, 1855-1939 · 1885 · Stuttgart : Commissionsverlag von Gebrüder Kröner, 1885 · 16 pictures

Geschichte der Solinger Klingenindustrie, a German history of the Solingen blade-making trade by Rudolf Cronau, published in Stuttgart in 1885 for readers interested in German weapons manufacture. Its plates show ornamented sword hilts and guards, a carved knight effigy, a German inscription panel with a profile head, and rows of mason-like marks. A designer might take the dense, scrolled filigree of the hilts and the crisp engraved-plate style for decorative ornament.

Swords -- Germany -- Solingen -- History · Weapons industry -- Germany -- Solingen -- History · Weapons -- Germany -- Solingen -- History

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