Saddlers Company

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The Saddlers Company is a livery company based in the City of London, England. Livery companies are associations of craft or trade members, most of which originated from medieval guilds. Members of these companies are entitled to wear distinctive clothing, known as "livery."

While many livery companies once regulated their respective trades, most have now lost this control. However, some, like the Goldsmiths, still perform specific functions such as hallmarking gold and silver. The Saddlers Company, as indicated by its name, would have historically been associated with the craft of saddlemaking.123

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…the ballot box of the Saddlers Company. Information on the lacquer process seems first to have been published by the Italian Jesuit Martin Martinius (Novus Atlas Sinensis, 1655). John Stalker and George Parker’s Treatise of Japanning and Varnishing (London, 1688) was the first text with pattern illustrations. The English term…
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…the ballot box of the Saddlers Company. Information on the lacquer process seems first to have been published by the Italian Jesuit Martin Martinius (Novus Atlas Sinensis, 1655). John Stalker and George Parker’s Treatise of Japanning and Varnishing (London, 1688) was the first text with pattern illustrations. The English term…
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