Mender Collection

Le Tourneur sur bois " Wood Turning"
Manu Allicot

Cobbler, probably 1920s

Chairs to Mend! (engraving)
3634652 Chairs to Mend! (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chairs to Mend! Illustration for Chatterbox, 1870)

Bellows mender (engraving)
3648027 Bellows mender (engraving) by Boucher, Francois (1703-70) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bellows mender)

Soho Square. Chairs to mend (coloured engraving)
558419 Soho Square. Chairs to mend (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Soho Square. Chairs to mend. Cries of London)

Chairs to mend (coloured engraving)
558329 Chairs to mend (coloured engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chairs to mend. Cries of London.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

Clocks (engraving)
2813225 Clocks (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clocks. Illustration for Chatterbox (1890).); © Look and Learn

Chair-mender, News Boy, Flying Pieman and Blackfriar s
Chair-mender, News Boy, Flying Pieman and Blackfriars Bridge. Chair-mender repairing a chair seat with rushes in Punyer Alley 46

St Dunstans Church, Postman, Letter Carrier and Knife-Grinder. Clock with figures striking bells at St Dunstans Church in Fleet Street 42

The Carpet Menders, 1883 (oil on canvas)
995852 The Carpet Menders, 1883 (oil on canvas) by Swoboda, Rudolf Der G. (1859-1914); 84.1x111.4 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Austrian, out of copyright

The chair-mender (engraving)
6007169 The chair-mender (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The chair-mender. Illustration for Our Picture Book (S W Partridge)

Old chairs to mend (coloured engraving)
558292 Old chairs to mend (coloured engraving) by Wheatley, Francis (1747-1801) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Old chairs to mend. Cries of London)

Should auld acquiantance be forgot (engraving)
5207165 Should auld acquiantance be forgot (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Should auld acquiantance be forgot)

The Cobbler (engraving)
3648001 The Cobbler (engraving) by Bouchardon, Edme (1698-1762) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Cobbler. Illustration for Kulturgeschichtliches Bilderbuch aus drei Jahrhunderten by Georg)

The Little Joiner (chromolitho)
2811694 The Little Joiner (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Little Joiner. Illustration for Little Workers (T Nelson, 1884).); © Look and Learn

Never too late to mend (chromolitho)
2780190 Never too late to mend (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Never too late to mend. Illustration for Chatterbox (1896).); © Look and Learn

A study of net repairers (chalk and charcoal on paper)
XKH146468 A study of net repairers (chalk and charcoal on paper) by Liebermann, Max (1847-1935); Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; (add.info.: study for the painting)

The Road Mender, (black and white chalks on blue paper)
989373 The Road Mender, (black and white chalks on blue paper) by Millet, Jean-Francois (1814-75); 41.3x30.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Road Mender; Le Cantonnier)

Raccommodeur de Porcelaine (chromolitho)
975973 Raccommodeur de Porcelaine (chromolitho) by Borgex, Louis (fl.1897); Private Collection; (add.info.: Raccommodeur de Porcelaine)

La Céramiste
Manu Allicot

CROCKERY MENDER 1850
A crockery mender. Date: 1850

Mender 1881 Camille Pissarro French 1830-1903
The Mender, c. 1881. Camille Pissarro (French, 1830-1903). Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash over graphite heightened with white gouache; sheet: 15.1 x 10.2 cm (5 15/16 x 4 in.)

Occupations 1883 - The Chairmender. 1883

A Mender of Plates - a view of a man sitting on a low wall working at plates with his tool kit beside him. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Snap Playing Card - Chairs to Mend. circa 1900s

London street traders, 1830-40 (pencil on paper)
XJF354254 London street traders, 1830-40 (pencil on paper) by Scharf, George the Elder (1788-1860); Private Collection; German, out of copyright

VAN GOGH: THE ROAD MENDERS. Oil on canvas, Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Chinese Cobbler at Harbin, China (Russia)
Chinese Cobbler at Harbin, China (Russian territory between 1896-1924). Date: circa 1908

Dwarf Plate-Mender 1950
" Louis XVIII", the dwarf plate-mender of Tournai, France. Date: 1950

A Turkish Tinker
A metal utensil manufacturer in Constantinople in his workshop. A Turkish Tinker, a mender of metal objects

Trade / Mending a Chair
Old Chairs to mend - two maidservants bring out chairs to a a pavement chair-mender in the streets of London

Furniture Repairer
A man with a wooden leg mends chairs on the street, rebinding the seats with new rushes

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In the bustling streets of Soho Square, amidst the vibrant energy of the 1920s, a skilled craftsman known as a mender toiled away in his humble cobbler shop. With worn hands and a determined spirit, he dedicated himself to breathing new life into tired shoes that had treaded countless miles. As the bellows mender worked diligently on his craft, repairing broken chairs with meticulous care, an engraving captured this timeless scene. Chairs to mend. The words echoed through the air like a melody, beckoning those in need of restoration. Not far from Soho Square stood St Dunstans Church, where postmen and letter carriers sought solace after long days delivering messages across town. In their weary footsteps came a chair-mender who offered respite from their arduous journeys. His nimble fingers wove magic into every thread as he transformed tattered seats into comfortable havens. Beyond the city's boundaries lay vast chateaus where lords ruled over peasants with iron fists. Yet even in such contrasting worlds, unity could be found as a peasant knelt before his lord seeking forgiveness or mercy. It was here that another form of mending took place – not just for material possessions but also for wounded hearts and fractured relationships. Artistic expressions immortalized these scenes; oil on canvas brought forth "The Carpet Menders" in 1883 - an exquisite portrayal of women delicately weaving together threads of tradition and resilience. Another engraving depicted "The Chair-Mender, " capturing both strength and vulnerability within one individual. But it wasn't just cobblers or craftsmen who embraced the title during this era. Newsboys roamed street corners shouting headlines while flying piemen tantalized taste buds with their delectable treats. Blackfriars added their own touch to this tapestry by offering spiritual guidance to lost souls seeking redemption.