Woolwork Of Two Ships Passing A Fortification
Stock No
519
2015
- £3,450.00
- €4,169 Euro
- $4,362 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
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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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