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Man of Eight Bookcase H x B x T = 216,5; 46,5; 25 cm
An age-old hallowed tradition. Fraternities. Oxford, Cambridge, Yale, Harvard. Racing eights. An Olympic sport, upper class, academic, admired by the privileged, accessible to the very smart and highly athletic. These long, narrow, and fast wooden racers were cut up in sections when retired. Transformed into bookcases they lined the halls and bars of fraternities the world over. Oars were painted with crests and races, names and dates, and wall-hung. AM’s latest is an exact late 19th C. replica prow of a man-of-eight that once cut through the rippling waters of the inland Thames. man-of-eight, hand built wood planks on frame, distressed, French finish.
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