Patent Model of a Machine for Printing Paper Hangings
date: label: date made
content: ca 1849
label: patent date
content: 1849-05-01
name: label: maker
content: Shaw, William M.
label: maker
content: Gould, Ezra
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a block-printing press for wallpaper and oilcloth; the invention was granted patent number 6404. Two sets of blocks, suspended over the paper, were mounted in a frame that moved laterally so that one was re-inked by brushes while the other delivered its impression. The paper traveled along a table transverse to the block frame.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.006404
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 006404
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.006404
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: machine, printing paper hangings
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content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17.5 cm x 31.5 cm x 22 cm; 6 7/8 in x 12 3/8 in x 8 11/16 in