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- OBJECT TYPE
- ALBANY/SWELL BODY/OPEN/1 SEAT/BENT WOOD RUNNERS
- DATE
- 1877–1885
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2004.0023.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD BODY, RUNNERS, PARTS/ METAL SOLES, BRACING, PARTS/ LEATHER? EDGING/ FABRIC UPHOLSTERY & CARPET REMNANTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 188.0 cm
- Width
- 108.0 cm
- Height
- 117.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Non-motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Animal powered
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- LATE 19TH C. +
- Canada
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AMERICAN STYLE CUTTER OWNED BY FOUR GENERATIONS OF MINER FAMILY OF GRANBY PQ MAY HAVE BEEN MFD. BY THAT FAMILY'S CARRIAGE MAKING BUSINESS [1868 TO 1902] OR BYANOTHER CANADIAN MFR. ALBANY DESIGN WAS IMPORTED FROM U.S. WHERE IT WAS EXTREMELY POPULAR & WAS MADE & MARKETED IN CANADA (REF. 1). - Function
-
WINTER PERSONAL TRANSPORT VEHICLE FOR 2 PASSENGERS - Technical
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ALBANY CUTTER WAS DESIGNED BY JAMES GOOLD OF ALBANY, NY, C. 1816. IT IS CHARACTERIZED BY SWEEPING OUTLINE, CURVED DASH & ROUNDED OR SWELLED BODY & ITS MFR. REQUIRED GREAT SKILL OF CRAFTSMAN BECAUSE EVERY PART OF FRAME WAS BENT; IT WAS ALSO USUALLY HIGHLY DECORATED. CONSEQUENTLY IT WAS MORE COSTLY TO PURCHASE (REFS. 1,2,3). - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "NF WP" ENGRAVED UNDER SEAT
- Missing
- ORIGINAL SEAT CUSHION & MOST OF FLOOR CARPET INADVERTENTLY REMOVED BY DONOR PRIOR TO PICKUP BY CSTM; OTHERWISE COMPLETE EXCEPT FOR SHAFTS
- Finish
- BODY PAINTED BLACK WITH UPPER SECTION OF BACK PAINTED DARK RED, CENTRAL SECTIONS PAINTED LIGHTER COLOUR NOW OBSCURED/ PAINT ON FRONT NOW OBSCURED/ UNDERSIDE & FRAME MAY HAVE BEEN PAINTED BLACK, NOW OBSCURED/ RED UPHOLSTERY
- Decoration
- GOLD STRIPING ON BLACK & RED PAINT/ MULTICOLOURED DESIGN ON EACH SIDE CONSISTING OF COMBINED HORSE & FLORAL MOTIF/ MULTICOLOURED FLORAL DESIGNS ON SIDES
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cutter, between 1877–1885, Artifact no. 2004.0023, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2004.0023.001/
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