Extinct: Eric Ravilious
stamp design (rejected).

Living: Transylvania.

"Horses or oxen pulling sleighs occupied the roads,
and cows and geese wandered freely. The villagers were
dressed in smocks, sheepskins coats and fur hats, and
had rough leather strapped to their feet, with woollen
cloth wrapped around their calves held in place by
thongs; footwear truly from another age, as
worn by peasants depicted in medieval
illustrated manuscripts."

--William Blacker recalling a
visit in 1990, Financial Times

Living: Haversack. Good things

come to those who speak Japanese.

Via wants and/or needs.

old wall

Steve with broken wall

twine

Dave

mended wall

Living: Dry stone walling.

From our Middle England correspondent:

"Over time they have been built by farmers or

whoever was around to fill up holes. This is a Grade

One listed wall and must be done right for English

Heritage—a mixture of limestone and cement inside

the wall so you can't see it. Re-built by local father

and son team, Dave and Steve."

Photographs by Kendra Wilson

Living: The return of feathers

in fashion, apparently.

Living: The Poacher.

Procurer of game + fish by illegal means.

Cock Pheasant by J. M. W. Turner, c. 1816.

Cabaret, rue Mouffetard,
by Eugene Atget, c. 1900

Extinct:
"The goatherd came up the street blowing his pipes

 and a woman who lived on the floor above us came out 

on the sidewalk with a big pot. The goatherd chose one 

of the heavy-bagged, black milk-goats and milked her

 into the pot while his dog pushed the others onto the 

sidewalk. The goats looked around, turning their necks 

like sight-seers. The goat-herd took the money from 

the woman and thanked her and went up the street 

piping and the dog herded the goats on ahead, 

their horns bobbing."

--Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

Hampstead

Knightsbridge

Albany, Piccadilly

Living: The applied arts.

Living: Whichford Pottery, established 1976.

Short-lived: Alphabet mug, designed by Eric

Ravilious in 1937. Recently and quietly re-issued

by Wedgwood, and swiftly withdrawn. A small

quantity available at Ancient Industries.

Currently sold out.

Photograph by Lusha Nelson

Photograph by Underwood & Underwood

Living: Frozen custard. An ice cream

made with eggs, whose fortunes mirrored

that of Coney Island from whence it hailed.

Now revived by The Shake Shack.

Making it new: The art and style of Wayne Pate.

Living: The Guinea Pig.

A domestic edible rodent that does not hail from Guinea.

Self portrait by Dwayne "Petie" Mendelsund.

Living: Thatching. When Neolithic man discovered

the joys of eating whole grain bread, he used the stalks

for shelter. Continued by Tim Hyde, master thatcher.

pollarded willow at Kelmscott Manor

Living: Willow Bough by William Morris, 1887.

before airports were invented

the small non-portable version

Living: Ensaimada. Named after saim (lard in

Mallorquí) and popular for centuries, this Catalan

Chelsea Bun is generally seen being carried

about airports in large unweildy boxes.

Shoe factory in Cuitadella

cobbler's table

Living: The Spanish shoe industry.

Child's shoes with crocheted uppers + ticking lining

Adult's shoes with woven upper and wooden heel

Preserved: Antique espadrilles,
not made with canvas or ribbons.

Living: Sobrasada, a Mallorcan "paté" of pork

and paprika. Eat it raw, spread thinly on bread

or in a bocadillo caliente.

wall sconce

chimney top

drain pipe

Living: Further uses for the

Mediterranean terracotta roof tile.

Living: Amería Escudero, purveyors of saddles,

bridles, bird cages, espadrilles, guns + baskets

since 1815.

Saddlers & Harness Makers

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