Patent Model of a Bookbinder's Sewing Table

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Object Details

maker

Lincoln, Marshall T.

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a bookbinders' sewing table that was vertically adjustable, so the sheets could be lowered to a convenient height for the sewer as the pile grew. This avoided the usual practice of “putting blocks or boxes of increasing thickness in the operator's chair." The invention was granted patent number 59240.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1866

patent date

1866-10-30

ID Number

GA.89797.059240

patent number

059240

accession number

089797

catalog number

GA*89797.059240

Object Name

table, bookbinders sewing

Table, Sewing

Object Type

Patent Model

Other Terms

Table, Sewing; Bookbinding

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

wood (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 32 cm x 31 cm x 16.3 cm; 12 5/8 in x 12 3/16 in x 6 7/16 in

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Work

Communications

Industry & Manufacturing

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7c2f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_998729