Bit stock or brace

DateCirca 1820

Mediumwood, lead

Dimensions14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.2609

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionA wooden chairmaker's brace (or shipwright's brace) with a 6" sweep. It might also have been known as a wimble stock. The brace has no pads (bits) and the nose piece is reinforced with decorative pewter flashing. The turned top handle rotates on a dowel pinned to the upper bow. The body of the brace is tiger maple.

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