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2002.18.1

Wooden block for printing wallpaper. [SM (Verve) 25/02/2015]

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2002.18.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden block for printing wallpaper. [SM (Verve) 25/02/2015]
Long description
Wooden block for printing wallpaper. The block is rectangular in shape and consists of two layers of planks of wood and a third layer of intricately carved raised wooden designs which have been nailed onto the upper layer of wood. The wood is dark in colour and the nails appear to have rusted badly. The carved designs have broken in places. The block has the number 762 carved into one edge which is presumably the pattern number and 32. The base layer of the block comprises five planks of wood, which are secured to the middle layer with wooden pegs. There are three rectangular chiselled sections on the back. These all have three circular holes in them. [SM (Verve) 25/02/2015]
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Unknown Source
Date / Period
Date made: Before 2002
Date collected
By 2002
Acquisition information
Found unentered: 29/01/2002
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Process Carved, Process Nailed, Process Repaired (local)
Dimensions
Depth: max 52 mm, Width: max 413 mm, Length: max 544 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2002.18.1
Research and responses

This block is as likely to have been used in England as in any other part of the British Isles and I have therefore included it in the English ethnography project [AP 25/07/2006]

Search terms: Writing, Tool, Dwelling, Printing Block

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