3350 x 2715 px | 28,4 x 23 cm | 11,2 x 9,1 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
18 janvier 2012
Informations supplémentaires:
A vardo is a traditional horse-drawn wagon used by British Romani people. They are also called waggons, living waggons, vans, and caravans. The design of the vardo included large wheels running outside the body of the van, which slopes outwards considerably towards the eaves. Originally Romanichals would travel on foot, or with light, horse-drawn carts, typical of other Romani groups or would build "bender" tents - so called because they were made from supple branches which they bent inwards to support a waterproof covering. The British Romani tradition of the vardo is seen as a high cultural point of both artistic design and a masterpiece of woodcrafters art.The six types of caravans differ in shape, size, placement of the wheels relative to the bed, where made, and maker The roofs of the bow-top and open-lot types are canvas stretched over curved wooden frames; the others are roofed in wood By the mid 1800s, the designs were almost entirely standardized, and some features are common to all types. The door is almost always in the front. The small cast-iron cooking stove was invented in America and was available there and in Great Britain from about 1830 on and is a common fixture of the waggons. A cooking stove necessitates a chimney to vent smoke. A caravan's chimney is always on its left side as viewed from its front doorway; as the caravan travels along the left side of the road, the chimney is in less danger from low-hanging tree limbs in that position The stove rests in a wooden fireplace, and the waggon's interior is typically outfitted with built-in seats, cabinets, a wardrobe, bunks in the rear of the caravan, a chest of drawers, and a glass-fronted china cabinet There are windows on the left side and rear. Some types have clerestories which let in light and air A bracket for an oil lamp is mounted over the chest of drawers opposite the fireplace; the chest's top functions as a table. Waggons' exteriors can range from fairly plain to intricately carved.
