Canal Arts and Crafts: 300 (Shire Library)

Canal Arts and Crafts: 300 (Shire Library)

by Avril Lansdell (Author)

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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Format: Paperback
Pages: 56
Edition: 2
Publisher: Shire Publications
Published: 01 Mar 2004

ISBN 10: 0747805865
ISBN 13: 9780747805861

Author Bio
Avril Lansdell was curator of Weybrige Museum from 1968-1989. Her first book 'Clothes of the Cut' was published by British Waterways Board in 1975. She has written other titles on cosume of the Shire list.