31.3.10



Living: The Fortnum & Mason magazine.

30.3.10

Deer bone for boot blacking

Canvas spat

Strap and buckle spur

Boot jack

Living: Accessories at John Lobb.

29.3.10

Extinct: The telegram, created by Samuel Morse
in 1844, it was deleted by email in 1999. Thanks to
Martha Stewart Weddings for including Ancient
Industries in their Editor's Pick Registry List.

26.3.10



Living: The 2010 collection at John Lobb,
St James's, a family business since c.1849.
See how the shoes and boots are made.

25.3.10

Gypsy Splendour

The Gypsy

Young Gypsies

The Old Gypsy

Living: Gypsies, painted in the 1930s
by Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970).

24.3.10

Edifying:
The story behind this photograph, taken by
Jimmy Sime in 1937. Written by Ian Jack.
Pre-braided laid hedge

Hedge layer, Rutland/Leicestershire border

Black Hawthorn laid hedge in Spring

Living: Hedge laying. A Roman technique which
went into decline after the Land Girls were sent back
to clerical work. Now recognized as an important
shelter for animals, insects and wild flowers.

23.3.10

Portrait by Duncan Hannah

Portrait by Mary Potter

Portrait by Walter Sickert

Living: The informal child portrait, 
a relatively recent phenomenon.

22.3.10



Living: Stone carved lettering by Kate Douglas,
a City & Guilds trained lady, in name and nature.

19.3.10



Living: The V & A quilt collection. Fabrics
selected and updated by Sholto Drumlanrig,
for a limited edition with Liberty.

18.3.10

Wool, England, 1850-60.

Chenille, England, 1810-11

Waistcoat made from an Indian shawl, c.1790

Satin and silk, France, c.1889

Living: Fashion in Detail prints, 

17.3.10






Living: Marianna Kennedy. Creating a heady
blend of ancient and modern with measures of resin,
book binders' cloth, wood and mercury infused glass.
Her show room can be found in Spitalfields.

16.3.10






Living: Horace Batten, (bootmaker) Ltd.
Bespoke boots made by seven generations of Battens.
Working out of an unassuming building which closely
resembles a garden shed, they are discreet about
their clients, so Ma'am's the word.

15.3.10

Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke,
by Nicholas Hilliard, c.1590

Sir Nathaniel Bacon, self portrait, c.1625

Living: Piccadilly. Named after a land
owner who earned his fortune making
piccadills* during the 16-17th centuries.

*stiff collars with scalloped edges
bordered with lace or perforations

12.3.10

How bravely autumn paints 
upon the sky, 1938

11.3.10

Beech Trees, 1932

10.3.10

Countryside in the Autumn, 1938

9.3.10

Now the pine tree's waving top, 1932

8.3.10

Bushey Park, 1924
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