Sample Searches

Simple:
Question: Who sold drawing equipment?

Search criteria: Types of Products = Artists' materials/drawing equipment

Question: Who sold silver items?

Search criteria: Product Material = silver

Question: Who provided accommodation?

Search criteria: Services = Accommodation activities (use Ctrl function to select all services under this catergory)

Combined:
Question: What evidence is there for women shopkeepers in Paris during the second half of the eighteenth century?

Search criteria: Location of Premises = Paris; and Date = 1750, 1800; and Research Concepts = Women as Proprietors

Question: Do trade cards ever show men buying things?

Search criteria: Type of Object = Trade Cards; and Subject = Figure; and Image Type = Images of Shop Interiors; and Research Concepts = Men as Consumers

Question: What can the trade cards tell me about the export and import of silk in France during the early modern period?

Search criteria: Place of Production = France; and Product Material = silk; and Research Concepts = Trade (Export) and Trade (Import) (use ctrl function to choose more than one category)

Question: Did German speaking goldsmiths use acanthus leaf decoration?

Search criteria: Language = German; Types of Trades = Metalworking/goldsmith; Decoration/Motif = acanthus

For more information on specific fields, see 'Field Notes'