Basket handle form, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:

1950.2635.1

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Description

Basket handle bending form. Rectangular piece of butternut wood measuring 19 7/16" wide, with rounded corners, a flat top, and sloping sides. Retaining strip of cherry held to the top by three flat-head screws, and cherry retainers on either side held by two screws, one on each end, and a bolt at the center through the molded center piece. The side strips measure 1/2" high by 18 1/2" wide by 1/4" deep. The top strip is 5/16" high by 19 1/8" wide by 9/16" deep. There are two pin or nail holes side by side on the base.

New York Mount Lebanon

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