Patent Model - Flax Stock and Method of Preparing Same
Maker and role
Benjamin Mudge (b.1856, d.1944), Patentee
Linen Manufacturing Company, Assignee
Production date
Jun 30 1903
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Paper
Measurements
6 x 4 x 2 1/2" (15.2 x 10.2 x 6.4cm)
Description
Mudge's patent "relates to the manufacture of flax, and especially to the production of flax fiber for use in paper-making, for textile purposes, absorbent linen, or other products;..." It "is characterized by the transformation or removal, or both, from the flax fiber of those portions of the flax plant or stalk known in the art as 'shives.'" (Patent Number 732,103)
Object number
2016.13.71a-c
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