While a few ' high-end ' carvers kept discerning buyers and collectors supplied with ' original ' work, ' low-end ' carvers provided vast quantities of inexpensive pieces for the mass market.
The building accounts list payments to tilers, roofers, slaters, shinglers, masons and carvers.
Is he further aware that in this country there are apparently only 15 carvers who are capable of repairing the woodwork that has been damaged?
Many of the applicants for possession licences are ivory carvers and small retail shops holding small quantities of ivory.
Legitimate traders would have to be compensated, as would the ivory carvers.
I suspect that many of them would have to be included among the manufacturers of toys, the wood carvers, and those engaged in other industries closely associated.
We also agree with the figure which she has given; namely, that there are about 15 to 20 carvers in the country available to do this kind of work.
Intinerant specialist carvers travelled widely, employing their skills in many locations.
