Basket handle form, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:

1950.2632.1

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Description

Basket handle bending form. Rectangular piece of pine measuring 2 1/4" high by 21 3/4" wide by 2 1/4" deep, with rounded corners and a flat top. A retaining strip is held to the top by three flat-head screws, and retainers on either side held by three flat-head screws. The side strips measure 13/16" high by 21 1/4" wide by 5/8" deep. The top strip is 5/8" high by 21 1/4" wide by 5/8" deep. Two pin or nail holes side by side on the base. Four tacks or nails in a line. The retaining strips are made of cherry.

New York Mount Lebanon

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