Patent Model - Improvement in Pantograph-Machines
Maker and role
Robert Whittam (British, b.1827, d.1904), Patentee
Joseph Lockett (British), Assignee
Robert Leake Jr. (British), Assignee
Production date
Oct 01 1861
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood
Measurements
12 x 12 x 9" (30.5 x 30.5 x 22.9cm)
Description
Whittam's patent "relates to certain improvements intended to be applied to any kind of pantograph-machine employed for engraving designs upon rollers used for printing calicoes and other surfaces..." (Patent number 33,421)
Pantographs engraved designs on rollers which were then used to print colorful patterns on fabrics.
Pantographs engraved designs on rollers which were then used to print colorful patterns on fabrics.
Object number
2016.13.34a,b
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