Metal Scroll-Saw Blade Used By Peter Glass
date: label: Date made
content: Late 19th C.
name: label: associated person
content: Glass, Peter
notes: label: Description
content: This metal scroll-saw blade belonged to Peter Glass. It was ideal for cutting and shaping inlay, intarsia, and marquetry. As a farmer in Wisconsin, German immigrant, Peter Glass, applied his native training as a marquetry craftsman to make award-winning furniture in his spare time. The scroll-saw, of which this blade was a part, was likely pedal operated.
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition
content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Frank (Catherine) Vidano
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.281476.0017
label: catalog number
content: 281476.0017
label: accession number
content: 281476
objectType: label: Object Name
content: blade, scroll-saw
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/16 in x 4 7/8 in x 1/4 in; .15875 cm x 12.3825 cm x .635 cm