Object Details
- Berry, James
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a mold that made blocks that were used in printing carpets or wall paper; the invention was granted patent number 10630. The design, formed of short and long pieces of type, was set up in a square casting box. The printing block was then cast in any suitable material such as type metal, plaster-of-paris, vulcanized rubber, or, by preference, gutta percha - a popular material in the mid nineteenth century.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1854
- patent date
- 1854-03-14
- ID Number
- 1996.0062.02
- accession number
- 1996.0062
- catalog number
- 1996.0062.02
- patent number
- 010630
- Object Name
- method, manufacturing molds
- carpet block printing
- molds for casting blocks for printing carpets or wall paper
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 cm x 11.5 cm x 11 cm; 2 3/8 in x 4 1/2 in x 4 5/16 in
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Work
- Communications
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Patent Models
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_997675
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-87d7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
