A Fabulous Group of Seven 19thC Beechwood & Pine Stocking Stretchers sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles It was in the thirteenth

It was in the thirteenth century that the game as it is played today became popular though there is a positive recorded history of bowls having been played in England as far back as the 12th century

There are old patches and three tears present to include one to the lower front

though with levers

and was a pupil of Frans Snyders and son and pupil of the Dutch still life painter Jacques de Claeuw

London whilst collections of his work can be found in the British Library

A Fabulous Group of Seven 19thC Beechwood & Pine Stocking Stretchers sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles It was in the thirteenthOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Debden Manor, Saffron Walden, Essex, England Date: c. 1890 1900 Heights: From 23 x 6. 5 inches (the smallest) To 32. 75 x 7 inches The group of seven carved stocking stretchers consisting of two pairs of beechwood and pine stocking stretchers one stamped '10', 58 and 84cm, together with a further three beechwood stocking stretchers, stamped '10', '8' and '7', and having various an maker's or