Canal Arts and Crafts - Couverture souple

Lansdell, Avril

 
9780747805861: Canal Arts and Crafts

Synopsis

Boaters who lived and worked on the narrowboats of the canals were, like the rest of mankind, people who tried to make their homes as comforable and decorative as they could. The boat cabins were small but were bright with paint, and the and the 'roses and castles' decorations of the canal boats are a true English folk art. The boatwomen were competent at needlework, embroidery and crochet and used all of these to embellish their families' clothes and surroundings.

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À propos de l'auteur

Avril Lansdell was Curator of Weybridge Museum from 1968 to 1989, before spending many years as a freelance lecturer on social and costume history. Her books include Canal Arts and Crafts and Everyday Fashions of the Twentieth Century.

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