Patent Model of an Apparatus for Making Paper Stencils
date: label: date made
content: ca 1879
label: patent date
content: 1879-02-04
name: label: maker
content: Gifford, John Z.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a stretcher frame for holding sheets of paper while multiple stencil designs were cut in them with a jigsaw. That patent was granted patent number 211988.
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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.89797.211988
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 211988
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.211988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Frame, Stencil
label: Object Name
content: apparatus, making paper stencils
label: Object Name
content: stencils, apparatus, making paper stencils
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4.5 cm x 27 cm x 29 cm; 1 3/4 in x 10 5/8 in x 11 7/16 in