Cabinet, type case
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WOOD TYPE/12 CASE/WORKING TOP
- DATE
- 1870
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.0817.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- -pine construction, cast iron drawer pulls.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 130.0 cm
- Width
- 75.0 cm
- Height
- 155.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Material storage
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
good example of a non-commercially produced type cabinet likely produced for or by a local printer (Pt. Dover area) - Function
-
For storing several cases, or drawers, full of type. - Technical
-
example of a specialty storage cabinet (wood type) in the 1860's-70's period, inefficient by comparison to later models (1880's-90's etc.) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- -painted dark green with the exception of the working top which is unfinished/drawer pulls painted black.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cabinet, type case, circa 1870, Artifact no. 1984.0817, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1984.0817.001/
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