At left: tools and a drawing book and ovoidal relief showing a beaver gnawing a pole, suspended from a windlass. At right: tools, drawings, a framed representation of a compass, a carpenter's rule, a snake; suspended from a ribbon. Date: circa 1770. Medium: black chalk on laid paper, pen and black ink. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, A pair of trophies referring to the crafts of the cabinet maker and the carpenter, ca. 1770 (CH 18172037-2)
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