Canal Arts and Crafts
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A01=Avril Lansdell
art
arts
Author_Avril Lansdell
boaters
boatwomen
canals
Category=WF
Category=WGG
collections
concise
crafts
crochet
curiosity
discover
embroidery
english folk art
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facts
gift
giftbook
guide
handbook
handicrafts
historical
history
illustrated
introduction
narrowboats
needlework
research
roses and castles
short
traditional
traditions
vintage
Product details
- ISBN 9780747805861
- Weight: 151g
- Dimensions: 149 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 01 Mar 2004
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
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.
