LES ORFEVRES DE LILLE

TOME I

Remerciements                                                                                                                 4

Avant-propos                                                                                                                   7

Avertissement                                                                                                                   9

Chronologie                                                                                                                    12

Généalogie des maisons de Bourgogne et de Habsbourg                                                  13

PANORAMA HISTORIQUE ET INSTITUTIONNEL                                                 17

I ORFÈVRES ET POUVOIRS                                                                                      19

A) SOUVERAINS ET MAGISTRAT, UN ÉQUILIBRE DURABLE                            19

B) DES PAYS-BAS À LA FRANCE                                                                            26

C) LA MONNAIE ET LE MAGISTRAT DE LILLE ENTRE 1700 ET 1791                30

II LE CONTRÔLE                                                                                                        38

1) ESWARD ET JURÉS-GARDES                                                                               38

A) Dans les anciens Pays-Bas                                                                                         38

B) Le règlement de 1689 et les jurés-gardes                                                                    45

C) De la difficulté d'élire des jurés-gardes en 1776                                                          49

D) Les autres villes de la jurande                                                                                     50

2) TITRE, ESSAIS, FRAUDES                                                                                     55

A) Le titre de l'or et de l'argent aux Pays-Bas (1489-1698)                                             55

B) Le problème du titre avec l'annexion                                                                           58

C) Les essais                                                                                                                  61

D) Les fraudes                                                                                                                63

3) LES MARQUES DE CONTRÔLE                                                                           65

A) Des poinçons obligatoires                                                                                           65

B) Le poinçon de l'orfèvre                                                                                               71

C) Le poinçon ordinaire de la ville                                                                                   77

D) Lettre de l'année de contrôle ou poinçon de jurande                                                    80

E) La fabrication des poinçons                                                                                        84

F) Le nouveau poinçon invariable                                                                                    85

G) Sur les ouvrages étrangers                                                                                          86

H) Décalage des lettres de jurande                                                                                  86

III ORGANISATION CORPORATIVE                                                                        88

1) LE CORPS DES ORFÈVRES                                                                                   88

A) Le nombre des orfèvres                                                                                             88

B) L'organisation du corps                                                                                              99

C) Les maîtres du corps                                                                                                104

D) La confrérie                                                                                                             106

2) APPRENTIS ET MAÎTRES                                                                                    108

A) L'apprentissage                                                                                                        108

B) L'enseignement du dessin                                                                                          114

C) L'accès à la maîtrise                                                                                                 118

3) LES VEUVES ET LES COMPAGNONS                                                               128

IV L'ORFÈVRE DANS LA VILLE                                                                             135

1) LE MÉTIER ET L'ATELIER                                                                                    135

A) Définition et limites du métier                                                                                    135

B) L'atelier ou l'ouvroir                                                                                                  144

C) La boutique                                                                                                             149

D) La qualité des ouvrages                                                                                            152

E) Le quartier des orfèvres                                                                                            158

2) LE COMMERCE DE L'ORFÈVRERIE                                                                   159

A) Les problèmes liés à la matière                                                                                 160

B) La nature du commerce                                                                                            167

C) La clientèle                                                                                                              173

3) ORFÈVRES ET SOCIÉTÉ                                                                                      183

TABLEAU DES POINÇONS DE MARQUE ET DE JURANDE                               193

DICTIONNAIRE DES ORFÈVRES                                                                           235

TOME II

INTRODUCTION AU CATALOGUE                                                                        387

I ORFÈVRERIE RELIGIEUSE                                                                                    389

1) SES CARACTÈRES                                                                                               389

2) LES OBJETS                                                                                                           395

II ORFÈVRERIE CIVILE                                                                                            405

1) SES CARACTÈRES                                                                                               405

A) Le style et les formes                                                                                                405

B) Les garnisons                                                                                                           413

2) LES OBJETS                                                                                                           420

III BIJOUX, MENUTERIES, TABATIÈRES                                                               443

CATALOGUE DES ŒUVRES                                                                                    453

I LISTE DES ORFÈVRES DU CATALOGUE                                                            455

II CATALOGUE                                                                                                         457

DOCUMENTATION                                                                                                  799

—Répertoire des poinçons de maître                                                                             801

—Glossaire                                                                                                                  805

—Monnaies, poids et projet de statuts 1790                                                                 806

—Liste des apprentis                                                                                                    807

—Contrôle du titre 1515, principaux règlements                                                            811

—Sources et bibliographie                                                                                            817

—Index des noms de personnes et de lieux                                                                   825

—Sommaire                                                                                                                 831

—Crédit photographique                                                                                              834

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