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Subiaco Museum > Records

TOOL: CREASER, WOOD AND STEEL, LIPFERT FAMILY

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Overview

Implement with a gently curved shank ending in a flat, shield-shaped head with a blunt edge. It is set in a turned wooden handle and secured by means of a brass collar. It is used to imprint fine lines on the surface of leather. This is done as a guide or shallow channel for sewing or for decorating leather. Its imprint on the edge of leather articles such as shoes, purses, bags, holsters, etc, though sometimes referred as a crease, is in fact a bead. Assumed to have been used by Otto Lipfert who did leatherworking as a hobby. From the Lipfert home at 270 York Street, Subiaco.

Historical information

A crease/creaser is used to imprint fine lines on the surface of leather. This is done as a guide or shallow channel for sewing or for decorating leather. Its imprint on the edge of leather articles such as shoes, purses, bags, holsters etc., though sometimes referred to as a crease, is in fact a bead.

Details

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-1991.186

Item type

Material

Width

28 mm

Height or length

175 mm

Keywords

LIPFERT, Hermann Franz Otto

Photographed 2023

Cancer Foundation Of W.A

Statement of significance

An item used for leatherworking and possibly used in a local resident's home.

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