"Franklin" common press, scale model
date: label: date made
content: 1985 - 1986
label: date made
content: ca 1985
name: label: maker
content: Heitzenrater, Richard P.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This one-fourth scale model of the 'Franklin' common press, described separately, was made by Richard P. Heitzenrater of Dallas, Texas in about 1985.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The replica model recreated the plans for the 'Franklin' press described in volume two of Elizabeth Harris's "The Common Press" (London: Merrion Press, 1978). The wood was originally used in pews from the Church of St. Margaret in London's Westminster Abbey and were removed as part of a remodeling project in the nineteenth century. They were then sold to an individual in Dallas, Texas.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The press is a working model constructed by Mr. Heitzenrater when he served as curator of Early English Printing in the Methodist Collections at Bridwell Library at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Donated by Richard P. Heitzenrater, 2013.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Texas, Dallas
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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: 2013.0320.01
label: accession number
content: 2013.0320
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0320.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, printing
label: Object Name
content: model
label: Object Type
content: Letterpress
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: container: 35 cm x 41.6 cm x 29 cm; 13 25/32 in x 16 3/8 in x 11 13/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 49 cm x 36.5 cm x 21.8 cm; 19 9/32 in x 14 3/8 in x 8 19/32 in