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Embossing Seal, Wood Carvers Association
Identifier:
2007.24.1Description:
Black mechanical embossing seal or marking stamp, with gold and red painted striping and decoration.;This seal provides official documentation of the labor movement among skilled wirkers in the Grand Rapids furniture industry. The furniture industry was the dingle most important industry in the history of the region. It may be used for future research or exhibition regarding the furniture industry, labor history, or ethnicity.;Seal reads, "Wood Carvers Association Grand Rapids, Michigan", and bears the crossed symbols of a chisel and a mallet.;This seal provides official documentation of the labor movement among skilled wirkers in the Grand Rapids furniture industry. The furniture industry was the dingle most important industry in the history of the region.Date:
1898 – 1905Materials:
Hand-painted Decoration, Iron, Lead, PaintDimensions:
11" h 2.5" w 7" dCurrent Location Status:
In StorageSource:
Gift Of Frederick T. Thurston And Sandra L. ThurstonExhibit/Program:
Artifact GR (2012 – 2013)Artifact GR was a project which invited members of the community into the archives of the Grand Rapids Public Museum, and asked them to write about their experiences. The resulting submissions were cataloged in an interactive website (www.artifactgr.org) and in a published book (http://www.blurb.com/b/4400444-the-artifact-projectsoftcover).