Comb, Graining
- Object Name:
- Comb, Graining
- Object ID:
- 1968.049.15.6
- Date:
- 1885-1953
- Description:
- Comb, graining. Part of a six-piece set of graining tools. Gray and rust-colored steel. Shape rectangular. Corners slightly rounded. Teeth extend from handle portion 1.94". Teeth 0.05" wide. Gaps between teeth: 0.03". Teeth straight with flat ends. 6 or 7 of teeth bent out of handle plane. 71 teeth.
- Material:
- Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- W-6 L-3.6 D-0.025 inches Weight-1.65 oz
- Provenance:
- Probably found by donor in her home at 62 Elm Street, Lebanon, NH, the former residence of Jacob M. Kelly.
Note included with set: "Jacob Milton Kelly was born in Rumney, NH, on Jan. 25, 1867. He worked in Boston and the surrounding area for many years, where he was an expert on Victorian work and frescoing, mainly church building interiors. He came to Lebanon in 1902, continuing with the late John Gannon decorating the interior of the Baptist, Congregational, and Methodist churches. He later worked in Lebanon as a master painter. Lebanon's last of the master painters died in Lebanon in 1953. Ethel Rock Millen." - Credit Line:
- Gift of Ethel Rock Millen
- People:
- Kelly, Jacob M. (1867-1953)
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