Accession Number: 2010.1
Description: Heavy cast iron table with molded apron, overall enameled unevenly with several coats of dark red paint; two cast leg pieces, each with two feet which gently curve outwards to steel casters, bolted to base of table; heavy cast U-shaped arch, hollow, bolted to back of table, bar supports the drive shaft and embossing piston, as well as one bearing for flywheel and upper belt pulley , the other bearing is mounted in a flying buttress-like bar on right side of table; embossing piston is connected to the drive shaft by an eccentric cam; cast into U-shaped bar, "STEREOGRAPH PATENTED THE N.Y. INST. FOR THE BLIND. NEW YORK CITY."; complicated mechanical keyboard unit bolted in middle of table, fifteen aluminum keys with rounded pads above steel wrist rest, die-box positioned at back of keyboard unit beneath the U-shaped arch; two bright-steel blade-like carriage rests on round posts, one spans middle of keyboard, the other is immediately behind it; threaded hole at front right apron, threaded hole on top left of U-shaped arch; note that missing treadle and lower belt pulley suggest this machine had been converted for use with overhead power transmission.
Height: 51.5
Width: 47
Depth: 28
Date Made: ca. 1899
Place of Origin: New York, NY
Credit Line: Gift of New York Institute for Special Education, 2010.1
Subjects: Embossing (Printing) New York Point
Made: New York, NY
Material: Steel, cast iron, aluminum
Updated: 03/01/2016
