Tack

Object Name:

Tack

Object ID:

1976.026.05 c

Place of Origin:

Alton, NH

Date:

1880

Description:

Steel wire decorative stair buttons in card. Long piece of 0.1" diameter wire with conical points on each end. Each end rises vertically where it makes right-angle bend, twisted around itself at that point. Wire from one decorative spiral then connects itself to another decorative spiral that terminates with downward-pointing shaft with other conical end on it. Each end wraps around itself three compete times; fourth turn is the one that connects the two together. Six buttons mounted on 0.1" thick paperboard with yellow sheet on front. Six lines of text between mounted buttons. "CLOUGH'S / STAIR / PATENTED, / ALSO / THROUGHOUT". One button has slightly shorter shaft than the rest; cone point not tapered as long.

Material:

Metal
Steel
Paper

Dimensions:

H-1 W-2.7 D-1 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Poch

Subjects:

Tacks