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/P1424. With ms. note. Originally held in Photo File: Papermaking, Skin and Leatherwork.

Metadata

Identifier qtbv21p2
IRN 412363
Class Mark LAVC/PHO/P1423
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/qtbv21p2
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.

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