Patent Model of an Apparatus for Making Paper Stencils
Patent Model of an Apparatus for Making Paper Stencils
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a stretcher frame for holding sheets of paper while multiple stencil designs were cut in them with a jigsaw. That patent was granted patent number 211988.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- apparatus, making paper stencils
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- date made
- ca 1879
- patent date
- 1879-02-04
- maker
- Gifford, John Z.
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (part material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4.5 cm x 27 cm x 29 cm; 1 3/4 in x 10 5/8 in x 11 7/16 in
- ID Number
- GA.89797.211988
- accession number
- 089797
- patent number
- 211988
- catalog number
- GA*89797.211988
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Work
- Communications
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Patent Models
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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