Besom

A besom is a broom made of brush or twigs which are bound with a bond known as a ‘lap’. This is a five-lapped heather besom, for use in the shipbuilding industry and in steel-rolling mills for brushing and skimming the sheets of steel as they come from the foundry. It is part of a large collection of traditional craft products acquired from the British Council in 1960. It was supplied by, and prob…