trammel
date: label: Date made
content: 1750 - 1825
notes: label: Description
content: Trammel - adjustable hanger - for supporting an open iron lamp. First piece is a long flat iron strip with simple hook at top and rat-tail loop at bottom; from which a thin oval link is suspended. This link catches on any of the bottoms of 8 saw-tooth ratchets on a second flat piece. A flat loop riveted to the top of the second piece wraps around the first piece, allowing the second piece to move up and down on the first, the wire loop catching below one of the teeth at the required position. A hook with rat-tail terminal at bottom of second piece suspends the lamp.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.388574
label: catalog number
content: 388574
label: accession number
content: 182022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trammel
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 18 7/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 1.5875 cm x 47.9425 cm x 6.35 cm