Canes and Walking Sticks
Canes and Walking Sticks Over 760 beautiful color photographs display hundreds of canes & walking sticks that span centuries and a multitude of designs. Innovative system sticks display a vast array…
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Canes and Walking Sticks
Over 760 beautiful color photographs display hundreds of canes & walking sticks that span centuries and a multitude of designs. Innovative system sticks display a vast array of objects hidden within their shafts and handles (including a working violin). Elegant formal styles include handles of gold, silver, and ivory.
Forbidding Memento Mori canes and exotic forms represent dozens of nations around the globe. Fascinating relic canes were produced from shipwrecks and historical sites. Folk art sticks bear decorations as unique as the artists who created them.
This wide-ranging volume weaves historical tales through the narrative, bringing walking sticks to life in the reader's imagination. Additionally, discussions of walking stick anatomy, care, etiquette, and valuation are included, along with an extensive bibliography and index. Values for the canes displayed are found in the