Knot board

Knot board containing a variety of knots including bends, hitches, and splices, a sea chest handle, a bell rope, and a crown made in decorative ropework. It is inscribed 'JUBILEE "KNOTSTALGIA" S.J.H. NEAL 1977' and was made to commemorate the jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II' in 1977. The board has a terylene rope border with grafting in red cord, Turk's heads, red white and blue ring bolt hitching, with an inner border of red, green and white three-strand sennit. The knot board is worked in a variety of natural and synthetic fibres.

Object Details

ID: AAA0097
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Knot board
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Neal, S. J. H.
Date made: 1977
Credit: Lent by His Majesty The King
Measurements: 1100 x 800 x 110 mm
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