- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; rubber; wood; skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0003 a-c
- Description
- A tennis racket, press and case.a) A wooden tennis racket with a laminated frame wrapped at the bottom with bands of red, yellow and black (gut?). The handle is wrapped with a strip of red fabric above a section incised with vertical lines. A red leather tip at the end is marked “When not in use, …
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- Title
- Tennis Racket
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; rubber; wood; skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 69.5 (a); 29.0 (c) x 3.0 (a) x 21.0 (a); 19.5 (c) cm
- Description
- A tennis racket, press and case.a) A wooden tennis racket with a laminated frame wrapped at the bottom with bands of red, yellow and black (gut?). The handle is wrapped with a strip of red fabric above a section incised with vertical lines. A red leather tip at the end is marked “When not in use, must be kept in a press.” The neck has a trademark symbol, '”Z” inside a red, yellow and black circle. The racket is strung with natural gut crossed with red gut.b) Racket cover of purple waterproofed canvas that fits closely over the racket head and ties at the neck. c) Wooden racket press with two joined square frames of wood with large metal bolts through the corners and springs between the frames. The bolts have small hinged handles on the heads that are marked “By Royal Letters, patented, Nos 263472 209870.” One bolt is hinged to swivel down through a slot in the frame to allow the removal of the racket. The frame is also marked “Slazenger’s Ltd., London” and “Special.”
- Subject
- sports, tennis
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0003 a-c
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