Patent Model - Improvement in the Manufacture of Artists' Canvas
Maker and role
William Levin (b.1838, d.1932), Patentee
Production date
Aug 13 1878
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Canvas
Measurements
23 1/4 x 23 x 1 1/2" (59.1 x 58.4 x 3.8cm)
Description
Levin's patent was intended to "improve the mode of manufacture as to not only facilitate the production and improve the quality, but to admit use of such fabrics and yet form a perfect painting-surface thereon." His efforts resulted in "the perfection of a system which is applicable to the production of the finest quality of canvas, where a fine fabric is used, as to the cheaper qualities, where a rough fabric is employed." (Patent Number 206,885)
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Object number
2015.14.2661
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