Hold onto your hats! In their
golden years, carousels were so popular that people would travel
for miles to take a spin on one. With their lights and distinctive
music and the brightly painted, whirling animals merry-go-rounds
were both a traditional fairground attraction that thrilled
children and adults alike and a highly coveted art form, which,
like any other, had its master craftsmen.
This captivating book looks at
the complete history of carousel horses, from their earliest days
when carousels first appeared in England (called 'gallopers'),
through their golden age, when there were over 2,000 carousels in
the United States alone, to the collections and sites of interest
that now exist around the world. Carousel Horses also has chapters
showing how new horses are created as well as the restoration of
horses that might have seen over a century of neglect. This
superbly illustrated book is as attractive as it is informative
and fascinating.
Condition: Very good in very good
dust wrapper. |
