Template, Woodworking

Oval box form used by Brother William Perkins, Mount Lebanon, NY

ca. 1924

Object ID:

1961.12862.1

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Makers

Perkins, William (1861-1934)

Description

Sheet metal swallowtail template, three tails, tacked to a backer board of white pine to which a white pine fence is nailed. Tack locations are not indicated.

Notes

Used to lay out swallowtail shapes on oval box bands.

New York Mount Lebanon Second Family

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Template, Woodworking

Oval box form used by Brother William Perkins, Mount Lebanon, NY

ca. 1924

Description

Notes

New York Mount Lebanon Second Family

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