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Brown Best Rambler Rucksack

Accession Number

1598.2021.1

Object Name

Brown Best Rambler Rucksack

Created

24/03/2021

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

24/03/2021

Brief Description

Brown Best Wooden framed canvas rucksack with two large pockets, drawstring top, metal buckles and sheepskin padding on shoulder straps.

Materials

bamboo wood, leather, metal, sheepskin.

Dimensions

52(L) X 54(W) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

"THE B.B RAMBLER ALL BRITISH RUCKSACK" on label

Colour

Beige

Maker

Brown Best

Object Production Place

UK

Provenance

Brown Best were bespoke luggage manufacturers in the 19th century and at some point, we think, in the 1930’s, they turned their canvas and leather working skills into producing rucksacks.
Bergans of Norway were the most popular rucksack in the UK at the time, so much so that the Bergan, or sometimes Bergen, became the generic term for all rucksacks of this style regardless of who made them.
Brown Best held their own though and got a little coup when asked to provide rucksacks for the successful 1953 Everest expedition.
Those ‘A’ frame rucksacks were pretty universal in the UK until the 1960’s when companies such as Karrimor, Bergans(the UK version) and Millet of France started producing integral framed rucksacks which slowly eclipsed the older generation.
The fabulous ‘Rambler’ we have here in the collection was kindly donated by Sally Lindsay though it originally belonged to her neighbours, Douglas and Ina Wilson.
Many thanks for a fine addition to our collection.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Sally Lindsay

Acquisition Date

24/03/2021

Condition Check Date

24/03/2021

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

24/03/2021

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