Monotype products shown to customers

Monotype products shown to customers

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Part of a Monotype travelling case containing pattern, punch, various types of matrices, and a set of 255 matrices in a matrix-case. Manufactured by The Monotype Corporation Limited.

Wooden board with room for 12 Monotype items set into the wood. The items can be removed, examined or changed for alternative examples. There is room for a pattern, a 0.2 inch punch, 0.2 inch matrix, Thompson matrix, 0.4 inch matrix, dash matrix, continuous border matrix, 1 inch display matrix, multiple rule matrix, single rule matrix, set of 255 matrices in a matrix-case, and a normal wedge. The Thompson matrix is missing. This board would have been fixed into a wooden box, along with a few other items, and carried around by Monotype sales representatives to show customers.

Details

Category:
Printing & Writing
Collection:
Monotype Corporation Collection
Object Number:
1995-1493
type:
case