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Canes
Jeffrey B. Snyder
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Description for Canes
Num Pages: 288 pages, 900 color photos. BIC Classification: 3J; JFCK; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 239 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1822.
A visual exploration of canes and staffs from the late seventeenth through the twentieth century, featuring 900 color photographs and detailed insights into their history, design, and etiquette.
Canes and Staffs: A Collector’s Guide to Forms, Functions, and History provides an extensive look at both folk art and formal walking sticks across centuries. This book presents a sweeping survey of canes with intricate handles depicting human and animal forms, as well as scrimshaw, glass, gadget, weapon, political, and presentation canes. Historic events and relics are also represented among the featured pieces. With photographs ... Read more
A visual exploration of canes and staffs from the late seventeenth through the twentieth century, featuring 900 color photographs and detailed insights into their history, design, and etiquette.
Canes and Staffs: A Collector’s Guide to Forms, Functions, and History provides an extensive look at both folk art and formal walking sticks across centuries. This book presents a sweeping survey of canes with intricate handles depicting human and animal forms, as well as scrimshaw, glass, gadget, weapon, political, and presentation canes. Historic events and relics are also represented among the featured pieces. With photographs ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780887405495
SKU
V9780887405495
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99-2
About Jeffrey B. Snyder
Jeffrey B. Snyder is an editor, writer, and historical archaeologist. He brings an archaeologist's sense of the scope of human history and artifact development to the writing of this book.He is currently living in Exton, Pennsylvania.
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