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Patent Model of a Machine for Printing Paper Hangings
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a block-printing press for wallpaper and oilcloth; the invention was granted patent number 6404. Two sets of blocks, suspended over the paper, were mounted in a frame that moved laterally so that one was re-inked by brushes while the other delivered its impression. The paper traveled along a table transverse to the block frame.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model of a Machine for Printing Paper Hangings. ca 1849. Shaw, William M.. National Museum of American History. CC0.
