Patent Model - Paper-Hanger's Table
Maker and role
William Trilk, Patentee
Production date
Jun 29 1880
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, leather
Measurements
8 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 6" (21.6 x 31.8 x 15.2cm)
Description
Trilk's patent provides "a light portable folding table for paper-hangers' use, which may be readily carried in the hand, and which is of sufficient length and strength to accommodate the strip of paper and bucket of paste. This invention consists in a table formed in sections, each of which sections is in the nature of a light skeleton-frame covered with oil-canvas, leather, or other equivalent material, and of which the end sections are provided with folding legs, stop-cords, and a cross-brace..." (Patent Number 229,497)
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Object number
2015.14.3228a-c
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