Patent model for printing films

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Object Details

maker

Day, Jr., Benjamin Henry

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for Day's shading medium, an important tool in chromolithography and later in other kinds of commercial illustration. A flexible glue sheet, cast from the surface of a plate ruled with parallel lines, was inked and then pressed over an image to shade it. The invention was granted patent number 214493. The model consists of a very fragile pack of samples.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1879

patent date

1879-04-22

ID Number

GA.89797.214493

accession number

089797

patent number

214493

catalog number

GA*89797.214493

Object Name

manufacture, printing films

Film, Printing

Object Type

Patent Model

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

wood (overall material)

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 9 cm x 12 cm x 5 cm; 3 9/16 in x 4 3/4 in x 1 15/16 in

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-c4ba-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_998913