Object Description
The Clydesdale Stud book. A collection of 67 Victorian and later hardback books dating from 1885 to 1943 and a walnut and inlaid open bookcase. The bookcase has two adjustable shelves, is made from burr walnut and has superb satin wood inlaid decoration.
Passports and Registrations Pedigree Rules and Breeding Programme
Introduction to our Rules and Breeding Programme
The Clydesdale Horse Society is constituted as a Limited Company, Limited by Guarantee. It operates under a Memorandum and Articles of Association. For the purposes of Breeding, historically it has produced a Stud Book which operates under rules of stet down and approved by it’s Editing Committee. The Society’s pedigree rules (updated in October 2020 at paragraph 1 specifically for the non discrimination statement included therein) are set out below.
Following the decision of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union for all practical purposed effective from 1 January 2021, in conjunction with the Scottish Government and its application for Scotland to receive accreditation of third Country Listing following Brexit, the Society has created a new document entitled its Breeding Programme.
Dated: 1893, 1894, 1895, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952-1953.
Inculding:
The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume IX
The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume VL Second Edition
The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume XLVI
The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume Second Edition
The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume
The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume XI
The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume XLV
The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume XLVI
The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume 75
The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume 76
The Clydesdale Stud Book Retrospective Volume
Condition:
Good – consistent with age.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 22 cm x Width 7 cm x Depth 16 cm – Largest Book
Height 101 cm x Width 100 cm x Depth 32 cm – Bookcase
Dimensions in inches:
Height 9 inches x Width 3 inches x Depth 6 inches – Largest Book
Height 3 foot, 4 inches x Width 3 foot, 3 inches x Depth 1 foot, 1 inch – Bookcase
Walnut & Burr Walnut
Walnut is a hard, dense, tight- grained wood that polishes to a very smooth finish. It is a popular and attractive wood whose colour ranges from near white in the sapwood to a dark hew in the heartwood. When dried in a kiln, walnut wood tends to develop a dull brown colour, but when air-dried can become a rich purplish-brown. Because of its colour, hardness and grain, it is a prized furniture and carving wood. Walnut veneer was highly priced and the cost would reflect the ‘fanciness’ of the veneer – the more decorative, then the more expensive and desirable.
Burr walnut refers to the swirling figure present in nearly all walnut when cut and polished, and especially in the wood taken from the base of the tree where it joins the roots. However the true burr is a rare growth on the tree where hundreds of tiny branches have started to grow. Burr walnut produces some of the most complex and beautiful figuring you can find.
Walnut “burrs” were often used to make fabulous furniture. Veneer sliced from walnut burl is one of the most valuable and highly prized by cabinet makers and prestige car manufacturers and is also a favourite material for shotgun stocks.
Our reference: A5079