Saddler's Vice
Description
Mr. Denis Barningham working leather with a saddler's vice, or clam, used by his grandfather, outside his carpenter's shop in Reeth ( Swaledale). The clam is used for gripping the leather, holding it tight, and keeping it from slipping, while strong waxed thread is guided through the holes made in a leather horse collar with an awl. In this photograph, Mr. Barningham is making a stitch with a waxend. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1426. With ms. note. Originally held in Photo File: Papermaking, Skin and Leatherwork.
Metadata
| Identifier | qml4n6tb |
| IRN | 412365 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/PHO/P1425 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/qml4n6tb |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Paper Making, Skin and Leather: Photocards |
| Creator(s) | Kissling, Werner |
| Date | Summer 1968 |
| Size and Medium | 1 mounted photographic print. |