Jig for #1 chair arms, South Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

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Jig for #1 chair arms, South Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:

1955.7501.1-.3

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Makers

Shaker

Description

(.1) Cherry jig with edges corresponding to shapes of insides and outsides of #1 chair arms and clamp blocks which are tightened down on arm blanks by means of two-carriage bolts which pass through blocks and tighten into captured nuts in jig base. The carriage bolts are tightened by turned cherry handles into which the bolts are inserted. (.2-.3) are arm blanks of beech which are secured in jig.

Notes

Miller, M. Stephen. Inspired Innovations: A Celebration of Shaker Ingenuity. Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England, 2010.

New York Mount Lebanon South Family

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