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Discovering Harness and Saddlery - Geoffrey Tylden
Discovering Harness and Saddlery - Geoffrey Tylden   Man has used the strength of animals, notably oxen and horses, for transport for so long that their use as beasts of burden and draught and as riding animals is taken for granted. Now that enthusiasm for the innovations of the machine age has given way to concern about is shortcomings, people are looking with increased respect at the ingenuity with which our forebears used their limited material and technological resources, and the fascinating study of harness and saddlery reveals many examples where centuries-old solutions to practical problems have not been bettered to this day.
  • Introduction
  • The trace, the yoke and the pole
  • Harness, the horse and the chariot
  • Harness for travel and commerce
  • Towards better roads: from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century
  • Modern roads: the nineteenth century and after
  • Early riding saddles
  • Riding saddles: the seventeenth century and after
  • Side-saddles and pillion
  • Packsaddles
  • Bit and bridle
  • Horseshoes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
Paperback; October 2010; 56 pages; ISBN: 9780852631058

 
   
 
   

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