English common press
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1750-1800
label: date made
content: between 1750 and 1800
label: date made
content: ca 1750
label: date made
content: ca 1750-1800
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This English common press was made in about 1750. It includes an English box hose and an iron folding candle holder mounted on its off-side cheek; it does not include guide boards. The press has a height of 77 inches a width, at cheeks, of 31 inches and a length of 62 inches; its platen measures 13 inches by 18 inches.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The press was exhibited in the New York Times museum until about 1980, when the museum was dismantled. Its style, particularly its lack of guide boards, suggests a later date than that of the 'Franklin' press. The candle holder is unusual, although not unique among common presses.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Donated by the New York Times in 1983.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Citations: Philip Gaskell, "A Census of Wooden Presses," in Journal of the Printing Historical Society 6, 1970, p. 27; Elizabeth Harris, "Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection," 1996.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0637.01
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0637.01
label: accession number
content: 1987.0637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Press, printing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 77 in x 31 in x 62 in; 195.58 cm x 78.74 cm x 157.48 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 60 in x 55 in x 89 in; 152.4 cm x 139.7 cm x 226.06 cm