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Patent Model for Color Printing Blocks
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About this work
This patent model demonstrates an invention for color printing blocks which was granted patent number 172340. The invention included multicolor printing blocks particularly intended for oilcloths, requiring colors to be applied thickly and in an intricate pattern. The blocks were pierced by channels, which conducted the ink from reservoirs of converging tubes surmounting the blocks.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model for Color Printing Blocks. ca 1876. Perkins, Joseph. National Museum of American History. CC0.
