Canes: From the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century

by Jeffrey B. Snyder

Book Overview

A magnificent tour of canes and staffs from the late seventeenth through the twentieth century in both folk art and formal designs. Color photographs provide a sweeping survey of the varying cane forms available to collectors today, including canes with handles bearing human and animal forms, scrimshaw and glass canes, gadget and weapons canes, political, and presentation canes. There is something to peak anyone's interest among these beautiful and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887405495
• ISBN13: 9780887405495
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 4.10 lbs.