12-in safety edge
Date: before 1987
Inventory Number: 2014-1-0103
Classification: Drafting Aid
Subject:
Seller: Charrette Corporation (1964 - 2006)
Dimensions:
3.4 × 30 × 9 cm (1 5/16 × 11 13/16 × 3 9/16 in.)
box: 4 × 36.8 × 9.5 cm (1 9/16 × 14 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)
Description:
2 safety edges including 1 in original packaging
In Collection(s)
Signedon safety edge: SPIRO
Inscribedon box: (illustration on the left) 12" / safetyedge (R) / A uniquely designed tool / that assures accurate and / accident free cutting! / (Patent pending) / Manufactured by Brownstone Products, Inc., Atlanta, Goergia
on side of the box: S
on side of the box: S
FunctionThese safety edges provide a straight edge for drafting and a safe straight edge for cutting.
Curatorial RemarksThe safety edge marked "Spiro" was Lionel Spiro's own personal copy. Brownstone Products in Atlanta were a company owned by Charrette, who also cast scale model figures for Charrette.
ProvenanceLionel Spiro, Brookline, MA; Gift to CHSI, 2014.