This chapter will analyse the features and unique characteristics of the silk industry in Vicenza between the fifteenth and the sixteenth centuries. I will show that the silk industry of Vicenza expanded outside the corporative system. Through remarkable flexibility, great adaptability in response to market demands and technological innovation, quality was regulated in order to meet the varyng requirements of an increasing range of customers.

New Products and Technological Innovation in the Silk Industry of Vicenza in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

DEMO, Edoardo
2014-01-01

Abstract

This chapter will analyse the features and unique characteristics of the silk industry in Vicenza between the fifteenth and the sixteenth centuries. I will show that the silk industry of Vicenza expanded outside the corporative system. Through remarkable flexibility, great adaptability in response to market demands and technological innovation, quality was regulated in order to meet the varyng requirements of an increasing range of customers.
2014
9781472439871
History of Technoloy; Vicenza; Early Modern; Silk Industry
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