US Patent: 26,787 - Making rope molding


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US Patent: 26,787

Machine for cutting moldings
Making rope molding

Patentee:

C. B. Rogers (exact or similar names) - Norwich, CT

USPTO Classifications:

142/34, 451/338

Tool Categories:

woodworking machines : specialty woodworking machines : rope and spiral cutting machines

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

C. B. Rogers & Co. - Norwich, CT

Witnesses:

Charles M. Hughes

Michael Hughes

Patent Dates:
Granted:	Jan. 10, 1860

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Description:

An early patent for a rope molding machine, a type of machine that began to appear in the 1850s due to the then-fashionable Italianate and Second Empire building styles. The Italianate style was popular in the US between about 1850 and 1890, the Second Empire ("Napoleon III") style between about 1865 and 1900. Another slightly later use of rope moldings was "Moorish fretwork" in furniture and interiors, used in creating an eclectic style with Middle Eastern influences; this style was popular from about 1870 until about 1895. Judging by the patent record, rope moldings became much less popular after the mid-1890s and have not enjoyed a renaissance since then.