Cabinet, type case
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TYPE STAND
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.1342.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Caslon
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United Kingdom
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD WITH 2 METAL DRAWER PULLS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 82.6 cm
- Width
- 38.0 cm
- Height
- 3.7 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
- Caslon
- Country
- United Kingdom
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
FORMERLY PROPERTY OF NATIONAL CAPITAL COMMISSION IN OTTAWA. - Function
-
SHALLOW TRAY, DIVIDED INTO LESSER BOXES BY PARTITIONS, IN WHICH LETTERS USED FOR COMPOSITION ARE PLACED. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF TYPE CASE BY BRITISH MFR. CASLON. CASLON WAS ACQUIRED BY STEPHENSON, BLAKE & CO. OF SHEFFIELD, ENG., IN 1937. VERY SIMILAR TYPE CASE APPEARS IN MILLER & RICHARDS 1873 CATALOGUE (REF.3). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CAST "CASLON" ON EACH DRAWER PULL
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- EXTERIOR ORIGINALLY STAINED DARK BROWN & COATED, INTERIOR UNFINISHED/ PULL FINISH OBSCURED
- Decoration
- CAST FRET DESIGN ON PULLS
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