Needle, etching
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DIAMOND/SYNTHETIC HOLDER
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0617.001
- MANUFACTURER
- KLIMSCH & CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Germany
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC BODY/ GLASS OR DIAMOND TIPS/ CARDSTOCK CAPS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.5 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Platemaking
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- KLIMSCH
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- Probably early 1900's
- Canada
-
Owned and used by R. Fournier, a Quebec lithographer - Function
-
Used to scratch a line design into a metal printing plate (copper, zinc, soft steel etc.) The needles are used mainly for dry point prints but can be used to outline a pencil drawing when engraving or as part of the design of an etched plate [ref.1] - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- No markings
- Missing
- Complete
- Finish
- Black body/ Cap: Light brown with dark brown printed pattern
- Decoration
- Cap: Floral pattern with diamond shapes
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KLIMSCH & CO., Needle, etching, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1991.0617, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0617.001/
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