Jig for chair back slats, South Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

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Jig for chair back slats, South Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:

1955.7500.1-.3

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Makers

Shaker

Description

(.1) Maple jig with edges shaped to correspond to shapes of tops and bottoms of chair back slats. Bolts through turned maple handles and clamp blacks tighten into captured nuts in jog base allowing two slats to be held securely for edge shaping. (.2-.3) are maple slats held in jig for edge shaping. (.2) has both edges shaped and (.3) has only the top edge shaped.

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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