Table Knives and Forks

by Simon Moore

Kives have probably the longest history of any human artefacts and, with forks, are possibly the most used and taken for granted. In this book the hoistory and development of their use as eating implements is traced from the eqarliest times and some hitheto unknown styles used in the Middle Ages are revealed. The art of the cutler and the rise of the cutlers' companies are covered, as are the gradual introduction of the table fork and the evolution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747802955
• ISBN13: 9780747802952
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Shire Books*
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 8.4"