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Woolwork of Two Ships Passing a Fortification

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519

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2015
  • £3,450.00
  • €4,039 Euro
  • $4,298 US Dollar

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Item Description

A sailormade woolwork picture depicting two Royal Navy ships of the line passing a fortified headland.
Sailors woolworks are a well known art form from the hands of mariners adept with needle and thread. They needed to maintain their clothes and sails whilst at sea. With this skill, and often with time on their hands, they began to developed the art of making woolwork pictures, sewing wool to sailcloth, often depicting their ship at sea and sometimes recording farewells to love ones or an incidence at sea. Peculiar, although not exclusive to the British sailor, this pastime was to Jack Tar what scrimshaw had been to the whaler.

English circa 1850. In a fine oak frame of the period.

w.25 in x h.18.75 in


Item Info

Seller

WALPOLES

Seller Location

London, London

Item Dimensions

H: 48cm W: 64cm

Period

19th Century

Item Location

United Kingdom

Seller Location

London, London

Item Location

United Kingdom

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+44 (0)207 7275263

+44 (0)7831 561042

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