Patent model for picture frames
date: label: date made
content: ca 1877
label: patent date
content: 1877-06-12
name: label: maker
content: Bowers, Sereno A.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a picture frame for hanging on the wall, combined with a writing desk and toiletries case; the invention was granted patent number 191795. The frame was in the form of a box with compartments for toiletries and writing materials, a central hinged leaf with mirror on one side and a writing surface on the other.
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.191795
label: patent number
content: 191795
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.191795
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manufacture, picture frames
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9.5 cm x 24.5 cm x 30.5 cm; 3 3/4 in x 9 5/8 in x 12 in