Collection Highlights
Parure
ca. 1820
1920.11-17
Cut steel
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brace
Title
brace
Object name
Brace
Date
1850-1900
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 13 3/4 x 5 x 2 1/2 in. ( 34.9 x 12.7 x 6.4 cm )
Description
Black painted wooden brace or bitstock composed of a curved stock with a revolving circular knob on one end and a drillbit socket on the opposite end.
Credit Line
Gift of James Skeath
Object Number
1957.214
Gallery Label
The brace or bitstock was used by Carl Faust, a wooden bridge builder in Pennsylvania.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
