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Canes & Walking Sticks: A Stroll Through Time and Place
Jeffrey B. Snyder
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Description for Canes & Walking Sticks: A Stroll Through Time and Place
Hardback. .
Over 760 beautiful color photographs display hundreds of canes & walking sticks that span centuries and a multitude of designs. Elegant formal styles include handles of gold, silver, and ivory. Innovative system sticks display a vast array of objects hidden within their shafts and handles (including a working violin). Fascinating relic canes were produced from shipwrecks and historical sites. Forbidding Memento Mori canes and exotic forms represent dozens of nations around the globe. Folk art sticks bear decorations as unique as the artists who created them. This wide-ranging volume weaves historical tales through the narrative, bringing walking sticks to life ... Read more
Over 760 beautiful color photographs display hundreds of canes & walking sticks that span centuries and a multitude of designs. Elegant formal styles include handles of gold, silver, and ivory. Innovative system sticks display a vast array of objects hidden within their shafts and handles (including a working violin). Fascinating relic canes were produced from shipwrecks and historical sites. Forbidding Memento Mori canes and exotic forms represent dozens of nations around the globe. Folk art sticks bear decorations as unique as the artists who created them. This wide-ranging volume weaves historical tales through the narrative, bringing walking sticks to life ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
286
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764320415
SKU
V9780764320415
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About Jeffrey B. Snyder
Jeffrey B. Snyder is an accomplished author, editor, and public speaker. He has been writing about antiques for over a decade and this is his second book on canes with Schiffer Publishing.
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