Tailor's rule, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

1828

Object ID:

1950.377.1

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Description

Dark wood ruler with straight top edge and a slightly curved bottom edge. Numbered 1-37 twice on both sides, so numbers can be read from left to right or right to left. Tick marks are every 1" on set a and every 1/4" on set b. Metal edges on both ends, 3/8" wide.

Notes

This ruler was used for cloak-making. The curved edge was useful to tailoring, which requires a uniform curve to measure and cut fabric for clothing.

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

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