set of drawing instruments, in original case

Date: mid 20th Century

Inventory Number: 2014-1-0112

Classification: Drawing Instrument

Subject:

Maker: Theodore Alteneder (fl. 1850 - 1910s)

Manufacturer: Theodore Alteneder & Sons (1910s- 1970s)

Dimensions:

instrument 1: 15.7 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm (6 3/16 × 1/2 × 1/2 in.)

instrument 2: 8.2 × 2.9 × 0.7 cm (3 1/4 × 1 1/8 × 1/4 in.)

instrument 3: 8.2 × 2.2 × 0.8 cm (3 1/4 × 7/8 × 5/16 in.)

instrument 4: 7.9 × 2.2 × 0.8 cm (3 1/8 × 7/8 × 5/16 in.)

instrument 5: 8.1 × 1.1 × 0.7 cm (3 3/16 × 7/16 × 1/4 in.)

instrument 6: 10.3 × 0.8 × 0.7 cm (4 1/16 × 5/16 × 1/4 in.)

instrument 7: 12.7 × 1 × 0.7 cm (5 × 3/8 × 1/4 in.)

case: 2.2 × 19.8 × 10.3 cm (7/8 × 7 13/16 × 4 1/16 in.)

Material:

Description:

instruments numbered from left to right, seven instruments, one case

In Collection(s)

Signedinside case: THEODORE ALTENEDER & SONS / PHILADELPHIA, PA. / U.S.A

FunctionThis set of drawing and drafting instruments appears with its original case from Alteneder and Sons.

ProvenanceLionel Spiro, Brookline, MA; Gift to CHSI, 2014.