Patent Model of an Apparatus for Making Paper Stencils
National Museum of American History

Patent Model of an Apparatus for Making Paper Stencils

Gifford, John Z. · ca 1879

wood (overall material)
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a stretcher frame for holding sheets of paper while multiple stencil designs were cut in them with a jigsaw. That patent was granted patent number 211988.

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