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OBJECT TYPE: wood/moulding/ovolo
DATE: 1870
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1981.0588.001

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 STOCK (PROBABLY BEECH)/ METAL (STEEL?) CUTTING IRON

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 24.1 cm
Width: 4.3 cm
Height: 13.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Tools-Hand
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: MOULDING PLANES USED TO PRODUCE A GREEK AVOLO & ASTRAGAL PROFILE (REF.2, P.343, FIG.506E), DOUBLE BOXED. USED TO MAKE DECORATIVE MOULDING FOR CORNICE STRIPS, BASEBOARDS, WINDOW & DOOR FRAME PANELS, PICTURE FRAMES, ETC.
Technical: THE FORM OF MOULDING PLANES HAS BEEN EST'D SINCE APPRX. 1770 WITH A STOCK 9.5 IN. LONG,0.625-1.25 IN. WIDE AT TOP, & 3.5 IN. HIGH, & A STEP HALFWAY DOWN THE STOCK. THE SOLE HAS A SMALL FENCE ON ONE SIDE & A REBATED STEP ON THE OTHER FORMING A DEPTH STOP. BEECH BEAD PLANES HAVE SOLES REINFORCED BY STRIPS OF BOXWOOD. IRONS ARE BEDDED AT 55-60 DEGREES (SALAMAN,P.338). USE OF PLANES TO SHAPE MOULDINGS WAS COMMON JOINERY PRACTICE IN ENGLAND IN THE 17TH-18TH CENTURIES & IN N. AMERICA. LATE IN THE 18TH C. THERE WAS A CHANGE FROM ROMAN CLASSICAL DESIGNS WHICH WERE BOXED ON SEGMENTS OF A CIRCLE OR CONTINUOUS CURVATURES COMBINED WITH RECTILINEAR FILLETS, TO GRECIAN DESIGNS WITH MORE ABRUPT PROFILES WITH MARKED TURNING POINTS (ROBERTS,PP.106-107).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: IMPRINTED LETTERING READING 'T.K. LUSTY', 'N. YORK'.
Missing: 3 BOXWOOD STRIPS
Finish: BROWN STAINED? WOOD
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Plane, circa 1870, Artifact no. 1981.0588, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0588.001/

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