currier

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English - English
{n} a dresser of lether already tanned
A specialist in the leather processing industry
One who curries and dresses leather, after it is tanned
United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888)
a craftsman who curries leather for use United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888)
a craftsman who curries leather for use
{i} one who grooms horses; one who treats leather; one who beats, one who thrashes

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Currier and Ives
a style of US art, named after the two men who invented it. It shows scenes from daily life in 19th century America. partnership of Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives born March 27, 1813, Roxbury, Mass., U.S. died Nov. 20, 1888, New York, N.Y. born March 5, 1824, New York City died Jan. 3, 1895, Rye, N.Y. U.S. lithographers. Currier served apprenticeships in Boston and Philadelphia before he set up in business in New York City in 1835. He hired Ives as a bookkeeper and made him his partner in 1857. Currier and Ives greatly increased the public demand for graphic images by publishing fine-quality, black-and-white and hand-coloured lithographs (see lithography) depicting disasters, political satire, views of city life, outdoor country scenes, and sentimental domestic scenes. They established outlets across the country and in London. Between 1840 and 1890 they published more than 7,000 titles. The firm continued under their sons until 1907
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