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- Leather Press -
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Leather Press
- Fillet - Bookbinders use finishing tools to add decoration to the leather spine and covers of a book. The tools are often heated and then stamped, pressed, or rolled onto the leather. Decoration can be as simple as thin straight lines or rounded arcs, or as intricate as ornate patterns, scrolls, or floral designs.
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Fillet
Bookbinders use finishing tools to add decoration to the leather spine and covers of a book. The tools are often heated and then stamped, pressed, or rolled onto the leather. Decoration can be as simple as thin straight lines or rounded arcs, or as intricate as ornate patterns, scrolls, or floral designs.
- Pattern Roll - Bookbinders use finishing tools to add decoration to the leather spine and covers of a book. The tools are often heated and then stamped, pressed, or rolled onto the leather. Decoration can be as simple as thin straight lines or rounded arcs, or as intricate as ornate patterns, scrolls, or floral designs.
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Pattern Roll
Bookbinders use finishing tools to add decoration to the leather spine and covers of a book. The tools are often heated and then stamped, pressed, or rolled onto the leather. Decoration can be as simple as thin straight lines or rounded arcs, or as intricate as ornate patterns, scrolls, or floral designs.
- Polishing Iron -
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Polishing Iron
- E.B. Stimpson & Son Punching Machine, 1888 -
- 1888
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E.B. Stimpson & Son Punching Machine, 1888
- Tooling Slab -
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Tooling Slab
- Slade, Hipp & Meloy #257 Pattern Roll - Bookbinders use finishing tools to add decoration to the leather spine and covers of a book. The tools are often heated and then stamped, pressed, or rolled onto the leather. Decoration can be as simple as thin straight lines or rounded arcs, or as intricate as ornate patterns, scrolls, or floral designs.
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Slade, Hipp & Meloy #257 Pattern Roll
Bookbinders use finishing tools to add decoration to the leather spine and covers of a book. The tools are often heated and then stamped, pressed, or rolled onto the leather. Decoration can be as simple as thin straight lines or rounded arcs, or as intricate as ornate patterns, scrolls, or floral designs.
- Leather Shop in Henry Ford Museum "Street of Shops" Exhibit, circa 1941 - Henry Ford encouraged and appreciated the work of artist and illustrator Irving Bacon. In 1915, Bacon joined the Photographic Department of Ford Motor Company after he returned from studying art in Europe. Over the next thirty years, Bacon painted scenes depicting Ford's life, created portraiture, and illustrated articles for company publications. This drawing depicts the Street of Shops exhibit in the Henry Ford Museum.
- circa 1941
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Leather Shop in Henry Ford Museum "Street of Shops" Exhibit, circa 1941
Henry Ford encouraged and appreciated the work of artist and illustrator Irving Bacon. In 1915, Bacon joined the Photographic Department of Ford Motor Company after he returned from studying art in Europe. Over the next thirty years, Bacon painted scenes depicting Ford's life, created portraiture, and illustrated articles for company publications. This drawing depicts the Street of Shops exhibit in the Henry Ford Museum.
- Leather Shop in Henry Ford Museum "Street of Shops" Exhibit, February 1941 -
- February 19, 1941
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Leather Shop in Henry Ford Museum "Street of Shops" Exhibit, February 1941
- Hool Machine & Engraving Works #3067 Pattern Roll - Bookbinders use finishing tools to add decoration to the leather spine and covers of a book. The tools are often heated and then stamped, pressed, or rolled onto the leather. Decoration can be as simple as thin straight lines or rounded arcs, or as intricate as ornate patterns, scrolls, or floral designs.
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Hool Machine & Engraving Works #3067 Pattern Roll
Bookbinders use finishing tools to add decoration to the leather spine and covers of a book. The tools are often heated and then stamped, pressed, or rolled onto the leather. Decoration can be as simple as thin straight lines or rounded arcs, or as intricate as ornate patterns, scrolls, or floral designs.