Paris on Parade
Cane specialist Laurence Janzen will be showing more than 250 rare items at Louvre des Antiquaires, which, programmed to run from 9th October to 15th November 2008, has now been extended until 30th December.
The three facets of the cane – support, flamboyance and self-defence are amply illustrated by exquisite objets rares in this outstanding collection of craftsmanship spanning three centuries from the 17th to today.
Ten collectors have contributed to this amazing variety of wearable art and historical richness. The French TV channel TF1 has interviewed three. Together with some superb examples of their canes, they can be seen in this tantalising overview of the exhibition.
http://videos.tf1.fr/video/news/culture/0,,4154207,00-les-cannes-s-exposent-.html
Bastoni, d’arte popolare
by Renzo Traballesi, Aldo Gerardi
(Priuli & Verlucca, Turin 2008)
168 pages
28 x 21,5 cm
ISBN 978-88-8068-410-7
The Story of Sticks and Walking Canes
by Roger Atkins
1967
Bastoni, Le Collezioni
by Sergio Coradeschi, Maurizio de Paoli
(1993)
209 pages
26 x 32 cm
Les Cannes
by Pierre Faveton
(Massin, Paris)
22 x 28 cm
ISBN 2-7072-01324
