Patent Model of a Bookbinder's Sewing Table
date: label: date made
content: ca 1866
label: patent date
content: 1866-10-30
name: label: maker
content: Lincoln, Marshall T.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a bookbinders' sewing table that was vertically adjustable, so the sheets could be lowered to a convenient height for the sewer as the pile grew. This avoided the usual practice of “putting blocks or boxes of increasing thickness in the operator's chair." The invention was granted patent number 59240.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.059240
label: patent number
content: 059240
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.059240
objectType: label: Object Name
content: table, bookbinders sewing
label: Object Name
content: Table, Sewing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Table, Sewing; Bookbinding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32 cm x 31 cm x 16.3 cm; 12 5/8 in x 12 3/16 in x 6 7/16 in