1920’s Original Printers Letterpress Typography Cabinet
Description:
1920’s Original Printers Letterpress Typography Cabinet. We recently cleared a printworks in Leipzig, untouched for many years. We recovered a whole bunch of exceptional cabinets from ‘Ernst Rudolph Muller’ – fachgeschaff fur das graph gemerbe – Leipzig 24. Literally translated as ‘Specialist shop for the graph community’. Made of pine with original handles and a century of age and character. We have gently cleaned the unit and left it as untouched as possible. The unit was used to house sets of typography and the printer would place his ‘frame’ on the slanted shelf on top of the cabinet selecting the required type blocks from below. The type blocks were laid out (set) in the frame, then secured with spacers and ‘furniture’ wedges before the printer moved the frame to the press for printing. Original presses used simple manual pressure which then progressed to screwed weighted plates and then a roller before eventually engraved plates replaced the individual type blocks. An exceptional piece of history and just a beautiful piece of furniture. Our workshop has cleaned and serviced the cabinet, the drawers run well, the cabinet is strong and stable.
The Drawers can include compartments that vary in size.
Internal Drawer Dimensions (Small): L46 x W24 x H3 all in cm
Internal Drawer Dimensions (Large): L46 x W62 x H3 all in cm
This product is located in our EU warehouse and may add an additional 1-2 weeks to the quoted delivery times. For more information please contact us on team@merchantandfound.com
Workshop Report:
Our workshop team inspect every product and carry out any needed repairs to ensure that everything leaves us serviced and maintained ready for many more years of life. All of our vintage products show the rich beauty and history of their life with the knocks and bumps of many years of use and we try to minimise restoration to keep every piece as original as possible.
