Plane
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- OBJECT TYPE
- wood/moulding
- DATE
- 1870
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0590.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD STOCK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 24.0 cm
- Width
- 3.6 cm
- Height
- 11.2 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
-
USED TO MAKE DECORATIVE MOULDING FOR CORNICE STRIPS, BASEBOARDS, WINDOW & DOOR FRAMES, PANELS IN CABINETS, PICTURE FRAMES, ETC. - Technical
-
THE FORM OF MOULDING PLANES HAS BEEN EST'D SINCE APPRX. 1770 WITH A STOCK OF 9.5 IN. LONG, 0.625-1.25 IN. AT TOP, & 3.5 IN. HIGH, & A STEP HALFWAY DOWN THE STOCK (SALAMAN, P.338). THE USE OF PLANES TO SHAPE MOULDINGS WAS COMMON JOINERY PRACTICE IN ENGLANDIN THE 17TH-18TH CENTURIES & IN NORTH AMERICA. LATE IN THE 18TH CENTURY, THERE WAS A CHANGE FROM ROMAN CLASSICAL DESIGNS, WHICH WERE BASED ON SEGMENTS OF A CIRCLE OR CONTINUOUS CURVATURES COMBINED WITH RECTILINEAR FILLETS, TO GRECIAN DESIGNS WITH MORE ABRUPT PROFILES WITH MARKED TURNING POINTS, QUIRKS, & BEVELS (ROBERTS, PP.106-107). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- IMPRINTED LETTERING READING 'JM WYLIE', 'L.M. HIRD', '4/8 BY 2/8' ON STOCK ENDS
- Missing
- CUTTING IRON
- Finish
- UNFINISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Plane, circa 1870, Artifact no. 1981.0590, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0590.001/
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