Object number
55/306
Description
This is an upholsterer's web stretcher, used for stretching the webbing in furniture. The web is passed through the hole in the middle and the wedge is inserted. The greater the strain the tighter the wedge held.
Physical description
Web stretcher: wood; metal
Archival history
MERL ‘Associated information’ form – 'The web is passed through the hole in the middle and the wedge inserted. The greater the strain the tighter the wedge held. // Wedge missing. Normally tied by string to nail in stretcher.
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