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Vintage Blandford Skeleton Canoe Bookshelf

Name: Vintage Blandford Skeleton Canoe Bookshelf
SKU: CIL#1393
Price: 2500.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£2,500.00

A Superb Vintage Blandford Skeleton Canoe Bookshelf, this canoe was converted into a beautiful bookshelf, made from the skeleton of a 1940’s collapsible framed canoe, made from Beech and Pine with brass fittings and trim, the original wood canoe frame supports 2 shelves, transforming this into a lovely piece of furniture. C1940

Percy Blandford was a co-founder of the International Guild of Knot Tyers and of the Canoe Camping Club, a forerunner of the British Canoe Union, the ruling body for canoeing in Britain. His marriage, in 1938, to Ivy Harris was followed by a honeymoon on which they toured the Thames by canoe.

This bookshelf would look amazing in any period or modern home, or as a shop display piece.

Dimensions: H: 229cm W: 83cm D: 37cm