Patent Model - Improvement in Scissors-Gage
Maker and role
Elizabeth Wiggins, Patentee
Production date
May 30 1876
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Brass
Measurements
1 x 9 x 5 1/2" (2.5 x 22.9 x 14cm)
Description
Mrs. Wiggins's patent furnishes "an improved device for attachment to shears for cutting bias and straight trimmings, and which will enable the trimmings to be cut much more rapidly and accurately than when cut in the old way." (Patent Number 178,093)
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Object number
2015.14.2190a,b
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