- Accession Number:
- 2015.3.1
- Description:
- Bright stamped-aluminum board stamped with twenty-four (24) rows of twenty-three inverse braille cells; frames have rounded corners; four pins up on lower frame engage with four corresponding holes drilled through upper frame; top-hinged open frame to secure the paper has column of twelve guide holes on each side; hinge is riveted to top frame with aluminum rivets and to bottom frame with brass rivets; "Association Valentin Haüy Paris" stamped on the front bottom edge of the upper frame; stamped nickel-plated brass guide, with two lines of twenty-three cells, has brass pins on the back to fit into the guide holes on the sides of the frame, guide has two raised wings on sides, right wing has a small 1/8" diameter cutout on edge.
- Height:
- 11.625
- Width:
- 7.5
- Depth:
- 0.5
- Date Made:
- ca. 1975
- Maker:
- Association Valentin Haüy
- Place of Origin:
- Paris, France
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mireille Duhen, 2015.3.
- Subjects:
- Boards (writing) Braille Tactile writing Slates
- Dimension Notes:
- overall
- Made:
- Association Valentin Hauy
- Material:
- Aluminum, nickel, brass
- Updated:
- 07/22/2015
