Easel Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Easel

Creator

  • Inventor: Cooper, Harry
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Harry Cooper, of San Antonio, Texas

Contributor

  • Witness: Herron, W. W.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Henry, E. D.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Amer, Harry L.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Witness for Illustration.
  • Witness: Smith, R. M.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: Witness for Illustration.
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: The Norris Peters Co., Photo-Litho., Washington, D. C.

Publisher

  • Name: United States. Patent Office.
    Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]

Date

  • Creation: 1897-01-12
  • Acceptance Date: 1897-01-12
  • Submission Date: 1896-07-06

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for an easel that has a sliding picture-rest, which is has a "clutch mechanism for holding the sliding rest at any desired elevation" (lines 11-14). It also has a "auxiliary folding rest for holding a model or study while the artist is engaged at work" (lines 20-22), which can be folded up when finished.
  • Physical Description: [2], 2 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Arts and Crafts - Paintings
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Arts and Crafts - Drawings
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Furnishings
  • Keyword: easels
  • Keyword: stands

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Bexar County - San Antonio

Collection

  • Name: Texas Patents
    Code: TXPT

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Patent

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: 575026
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth174494

Note

  • Display Note: Application filed July 6, 1896. Serial No. 598,171. (No model.)
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