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Windsor Comb-back armchair
Description:
President's chair. One of a set of three chairs- this one is the largest of the three. See ccccp-039a-b. Windsor Comb-back armchair Carved crest and bamboo turned legs. Mahogany with clear coat finish. accompanies speaker's desk, CCCCP-037
Date:
2nd half of 19th C. (1860)
Item type:
armchair
Wood bit, made of beech wood; tool
Description:
wood bit; tool. wrought iron ring repair around neck of chuck. straight sweep, unusually nice form due to carving at front of sweep
Date:
18th C.
Item type:
wood bit stock
Wood, George
Description:
The master builder George Wood was a resident of the North Ward of Philadelphia in 1769 (he lived near Isaac Zane, Sr.) and of the Northern Liberties in 1774. There is confusion concerning his election to The Carpenters' Company that suggests two men…
Member number:
87*
Date elected:
1/1/1770
Wooden bench plane
Description:
Bench plane with closed handle, straight-edge blade and long stock which provided a longer guide surface for long boards. Blade is very loose. Handle has many chips and scratches. Beech wood. by D. Colton, Philadelphia Resoled.
Date:
1845-1850's
Item type:
bench plane (trying plane)