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Knee Former
Scale: Unknown. Model of a former for bending timber into knees (1813). The model is made entirely of wood carved from a single block of stained and polished elm, with three curved grooves, square in section, on side into which the steamed timbers are set for forming. The other side has a circular, square and half-circular hole cut in together with two pairs of metal eyes on the vertical sides. All three of the grooves are fitted with steamed timbers some of which are laminated.
This model is part of series of five models see SLR2323, SLR 2325, SLR2326 and SLR2327.
This model is part of series of five models see SLR2323, SLR 2325, SLR2326 and SLR2327.
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Object Details
| ID: | SLR2324 |
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| Collection: | Ship models |
| Type: | Component model; Knee Former model |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | circa 1813 |
| People: | Hookey, William |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall model: 40 x 202 x 123 mm |
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