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TRADICE A SOUČASNOST KOLÁŘSKÉ VÝROBY NA VALAŠSKU

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Liďák P.

Etnologické rozpravy (Ethnological Disputes)

2013

vol. 20

issue 1-2

105 – 119

Wheelwrights enjoyed always a position of respect in comparison to the other rural craftsmen. They made wheels of all sizes and built complete wagons, carts, two-wheeled carriages and four-wheeled trailers. Their products included also sledges, the wooden parts of ploughs, harrows, various handles and parts for agricultural implements and axe handless. In the villages master wheelwrights were indispensable craftsmen until the first half of the 20th century, when they were put of work by the advances in the mechanization of agriculture. The replacement of wooden carts by modern means of transport led to the gradual demise of wheelwright ś workshops. Most of these workshops were taken over by the local agricultural cooperatives in the 1950s, after which they produced only wooden handles and repaired the wooden parts of agricultural equipment. A rare example where the wheelwright´s trade has survived to the present day is the small workshop of Augustin Krystyník in Nový Hrozenkov, one of the last wheelwrights in the Czech Republic. This study is dedicated to the history of the wheelwright ś trade and homemade wheel making in Moravian Wallachia. It documents the production technique and range of products, which was closely linked to agriculture. On the basis of field research, it maps also the present day of wheelwright ś craft, which differs from the historical craft due to its increased usage of modern machinery.

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TRADICE A SOUČASNOST KOLÁŘSKÉ VÝROBY NA VALAŠSKU