Patent Model of a Book-stitching Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1881
label: patent date
content: 1881-12-13
name: label: maker
content: Smyth, David McConnel
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a machine for sewing books using a double-loop stitch. The invention was granted patent number 250991.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.250991
label: patent number
content: 250991
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.250991
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Machine, Sewing
label: Object Type
content: machine sewing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Sewing; Bookbinding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18.5 cm x 19.5 cm x 11.5 cm; 7 5/16 in x 7 11/16 in x 4 1/2 in