Knot board
Knot board containing a variety of knots including bends, hitches, and splices, a sea chest handle, a bell rope, and a crown made in decorative ropework. It is inscribed 'JUBILEE "KNOTSTALGIA" S.J.H. NEAL 1977' and was made to commemorate the jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II' in 1977. The board has a terylene rope border with grafting in red cord, Turk's heads, red white and blue ring bolt hitching, with an inner border of red, green and white three-strand sennit. The knot board is worked in a variety of natural and synthetic fibres.
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Object Details
ID: | AAA0097 |
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Collection: | Decorative art |
Type: | Knot board |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Neal, S. J. H. |
Date made: | 1977 |
Credit: | Lent by His Majesty The King |
Measurements: | 1100 x 800 x 110 mm |