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[vintagehomecollection]

The attractive, modern breezeway dining room combines maximum comfort with weather resistant furniture which can be taken outdoors.

Ladies’ Home Journal Book of Interior Decoration, 1959

[quotesfrommyreading]

It is no exaggeration to say that from the invention of sailing through the late 18th century, the economic prosperity, scientific progress, and military success of most nations around the globe fundamentally depended on string and rope. For much of this time, there were no major revolutions in sailing technology. Instead, there were elaborations and restructurings of an ancient template: a roughly crescent wooden vessel equipped with at least one mast and sail, and webbed with plenty of rigging. Toward the end of the age of sail, some of the more ostentatious designs verged on the absurd; certain full-rigged ships were so bedecked with line and linen that they looked more like parade floats than instruments of trade and war.

By the late 1700s, engineers in England, France, Scotland, and North America were experimenting with steamboats. In 1822, the Aaron Manby became the first iron steamship to go to sea, traveling across the English Channel from London to Paris. By the 1860s, the British, French, and Russian navies had heavily armed steamships. After this, “a great epoch in naval history came to an end,” write Romola and R. C. Anderson in The Sailing Ship: Six Thousand Years of History.

But it was not the end of the line for cordage. Even today’s motorized metal behemoths, slicing through the sea at unprecedented speeds, rely on rope and string. Terry Schafer, a navy shipyard rigger in Victoria, British Columbia, has been professionally tangled with cordage since the 1980s. “When I finished my apprenticeship, I worried I had chosen a dying craft,” he says. “But there is still a lot of demand for a skilled rigger today.” Schafer and his colleagues manufacture all the cordage the navy requires: tow ropes; hoist cables for cranes, winches, and dumbwaiters; woven fenders that cloak the lips of tugboats like mustaches and beards; ropes to tie the ships at harbor; ropes that fly the navy’s flags; and artfully knotted ropes to ring the bells that help sailors keep strict schedules. Schafer mostly works with synthetic materials including Kevlar, various plastics, and metal wire. But he occasionally uses plant fibers as well: cotton, flax, manila hemp (from a species of banana), sisal (from agave), and coir (from the waterproof buoyant husks of coconuts).

 —   The Long, Knotty, World-Spanning Story of String

[omega-shiva]

Flower in jar. :)

[chasingrainbowsforever]

~ Pale Yellows ~

[mothmiso]

La Neveria and Benito Juarez (2) (3) (4) (5) by Panegyrics of Granovetter

[postcard-from-the-past]

Sisal plantation in Nassau, The Bahamas

British vintage postcard

[quiensabecomo]

Viaje de cumpleaños 23

Yucatán, diciembre 2019

[heperaza]

[pachamama-radio]

Fatal accidente en vía Panamericana Cusco: Choque entre cisterna y auto deja perdidas humanas

Un trágico accidente de tránsito ocurrió la mañana del martes 7 de enero en el sector de Sisal, distrito de Mollepata, Cusco, cuando un camión cisterna de placa X5D-840 colisionó frontalmente contra un automóvil blanco, dejando como saldo un fallecido y cuatro menores heridos.

Las primeras investigaciones señalan que el vehículo particular habría invadido el carril contrario, provocando el fatal desenlace. El conductor del auto perdió la vida en el acto, mientras que los cuatro menores, cuyas edades oscilan entre 3 y 13 años, fueron trasladados al centro de salud de Limatambo.

El personal de serenazgo del distrito de Limatambo fue el primero en llegar a la escena del accidente, brindando auxilio inmediato a las víctimas. La Policía Nacional del Perú ha iniciado las investigaciones correspondientes para determinar las causas exactas del siniestro.

Las autoridades locales hacen un llamado enfático a los conductores para extremar las medidas de precaución al transitar por la vía Panamericana, recordando la importancia de la prudencia al volante, pues «en casa les esperan sus seres queridos», enfatizaron los representantes de seguridad vial.

Cusco

via https://pachamamaradio.org/fatal-accidente-en-via-panamericana-cusco-choque-entre-cisterna-y-auto-deja-perdidas-humanas/

[vintagehomecollection]

The naive mural of a beach scene in this Connecticut bathroom was hand-painted by Charlie Mackesy, a twenty-two-year-old English artist. The result was a delightful room of little vistas, masterfully designed by Hethea Nye and Ralph Harvard. Two tortoise mirrors, one a French Regency piece from about 1820, the other a three-way dressing mirror from England, fill the wall.

Interior Visions: Great American Designers and the Showcase House, 1988

[andrasthehun]

Exploring Alleppey: A Journey Through Kerala's Backwaters

December 23, 2024 We drove from Munnar to Alleppey in five hours. Our journey through Kerala’s backwaters led us across numerous canals to Alleppey, a city with a population exceeding 300,000. Alleppey district, with over two million inhabitants, boasted a 96% literacy rate and harmonious religious coexistence, according to our guide Dinesh. Hindus comprised half; Christians and Muslims, a…

[sisalfiberwholesale]

Tanzania is the best place to buy Sisal fiber wholesale. A country in East Africa is the second largest producer of Sisal fiber. The country contributes to more than 30% of all sisal fiber produced in the world. If you are in Africa and looking for a place where you can get sisal fiber at very good rates then you should visit Tanzania and especially Eco Edge Company Limited. This company contributes to 15% of the total sisal fiber in the country and are known worldwide. They are the first privately owned company to begin exportation of sisal fiber. If you are looking for a company that is reliable and cheap then contact Eco Edge Company Limited.

[omega-shiva]

Spring/summer decoration with crepe paper flowers. :)

[asfaltics]

7567, 7568 sisal twine, in from work with Susan Glaspell, The Morning is Near Us (1940) and on its own

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[vbj-21]

[mondomoda]

Sisal no design contemporâneo

A importância do sisal para a economia da região Nordeste é destacada tanto em suas funções históricas quanto em seu potencial de renovação e sofisticação. No cenário da CasaCor Bahia 2024, o projeto “Sanitário Raízes” demonstra como essa fibra natural, tradicionalmente utilizada em contextos rústicos, pode ser reinterpretada em ambientes contemporâneos, mantendo viva a conexão com as tradições…