Typeface Cabinet
This is a typeface cabinet that I salvaged from my Dad's printing press in Dadar. It was being sold to the scrap dealer (Jari Puranawala seems so much more romantic)
It is made from Burma Teak as was everything from our Colonial past and is quite heavy.
Had it redone, refinished and it now holds all manner of odds and ends. I picked up yet another smaller one which Lynda now uses to keep her art materials.
For those wondering what a Typeface is and are too lazy or inept to Wiki it, I will try to explain.
In the days prior to Offset Printing (go Wiki that yourself), words, lines and paragraphs were composed from lead 'types' or 'sorts' that were painstakingly set into a compositor stick before being transferred to the machine for printing. These cabinet held those lead types.
I even managed to get a brass Compositors Stick, but it needs to be polished and I will post it when it's done.
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