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Total number of records: 145

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
woodworking industries145
occupations144
culture77
implements, utensils etc76
community life53
play48
museums42
material culture41
handicraft40
buildings39

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Langhorne, Richard29
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)25
Taylor, Harry18
Witton, Lesley A18
Hunter, Robert9
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)8
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)6
Barry, Michael V (1935-)3
Brunk, Wille3
John3

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French Polishing

Andrew, Yolande

1981

A dissertation comprising six sections. The Introduction presents a brief history of french polishing, followed by a section explaining the materials, tools and techniques of the french polisher (prep...

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Carved Wooden Gates (Romania)
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Carved Wooden Gates (Romania)

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

December 1974

Carved wooden gates at the house of Petri Bodent, Auseu, (Romania). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0024. Includes ms. note on the location, and the carver used.

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Carved Wooden Gates (Romania)
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Carved Wooden Gates (Romania)

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

December 1974

Carved wooden gates at the house of Petri Bodent, Auseu, (Romania). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0023. Includes ms. note on the location, and the wood-carver.

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Carved Wooden Gates (Romania): Detail
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Carved Wooden Gates (Romania): Detail

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

December 1974

Detail of carved wooden gates at the house of Petri Bodent, Auseu, (Romania). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0026.

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Carved Wooden Gates (Romania): Detail
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Carved Wooden Gates (Romania): Detail

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

December 1974

Detail of carving around doorway in carved wooden gates at the house of Petri Bodent, Auseu, (Romania). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0025.

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Carved Wooden Gate (Romania)
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Carved Wooden Gate (Romania)

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

December 1974

Wooden gate at a dwelling in Sibiu (Romania). Mounted on Photo File card.

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumberland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

21 Mar 1953

[Side 1] Thomas describes in detail how to make cartwheel, explains components, incl. 'nave' [= wooden block at centre of wheel to which spokes are attached and through which axle runs], spokes, 'fell...

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Dressing Walking Sticks
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Dressing Walking Sticks

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June 1964

Elderly male dressing walking sticks made of wood, Sedbusk ( Wensleydale). Dressed walking sticks hang on the back of a wooden door, whilst undressed sticks are propped against it. Mounted on Photo Fi...

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Timber Barn: Detail

April 1965

Close-up detail of a timber junction on a timber barn in Varmland (Sweden). This junction is at one of the corners of the end of the building containing a cowshed, and is thought to be Norwegian influ...

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Wooden Building in Cluj (Romania)
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Wooden Building in Cluj (Romania)

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

December 1974

Detail of interlocking joints on the corner of a wooden building in Cluj (Romania). Mounted on Photo File card.

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Field Barn at Skutskär (Sweden)
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Field Barn at Skutskär (Sweden)

January 1965

Detail of timbering on a field barn in the forest at Skutskär (Uppsala Lan, Sweden). The detail shows a mix of round and square timbers. A note in the slide index states that the angle of the axe cut...

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Detail of Central Cruck Joint
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Detail of Central Cruck Joint

Brunk, Wille

16 June 1967

Detail of timber joints on the central cruck of a longhouse from Stang End, near Danby (North Yorkshire). The longhouse was moved from Stang End to the Ryedale Folk Museum at Hutton-le-Hole in the spr...

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