Vintage Teak Folk Art Novelty Boat Kayak Canoe Bookcase Shelves, W J Colley Richmond on Thames
A charming teak converted boat bookcase, dating from the mid twentieth century. Maker’s label to centre section “WJ Colley London”. Good solid order throughout.
Height 2072 mm
Width 563 mm
Depth 300 mm
1699
William Colley, known as Bill, was the last remaining builder of wooden racing boats on the Thames. His career began in 1952, aged 14, when he was apprenticed with the famous Sim’s boatbuilding family in Putney. Sim’s has a history dating back to 1864, and were famed for their boat building at Hammersmith, including the construction of eights used in the Oxford-Cambridge boat race. In the 1960s, the Olympic single sculler, Vyacheslav Ivanov called George Sims “the Stradivarius of boat builders”.
$643.97
Vintage Teak Folk Art Novelty Boat Kayak Canoe Bookcase Shelves, W J Colley Richmond on Thames—
$643.97
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A charming teak converted boat bookcase, dating from the mid twentieth century. Maker’s label to centre section “WJ Colley London”. Good solid order throughout.
Height 2072 mm
Width 563 mm
Depth 300 mm
1699
William Colley, known as Bill, was the last remaining builder of wooden racing boats on the Thames. His career began in 1952, aged 14, when he was apprenticed with the famous Sim’s boatbuilding family in Putney. Sim’s has a history dating back to 1864, and were famed for their boat building at Hammersmith, including the construction of eights used in the Oxford-Cambridge boat race. In the 1960s, the Olympic single sculler, Vyacheslav Ivanov called George Sims “the Stradivarius of boat builders”.
