Patent model for printers' furniture
date: label: date made
content: ca 1874
label: patent date
content: 1874-06-09
name: label: patentee
content: Kearney, James A.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for adjustable furniture that was intended to replace sidesticks, quoins, and loose furniture; the invention was granted patent number 151883. The device was pulled open to the desired width and locked in that position by driving wedges under two of the feet, which slid in grooves on their side bar.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.151883
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 151883
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.151883
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manufacture, printers furniture
label: Object Name
content: Furniture, Printer's
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.2 cm x 28 cm x 12 cm; 7/8 in x 11 in x 4 3/4 in