Name/Title
Wood Grain ToolEntry/Object ID
987.3.45Description
The object is a wooden hand tool that has a cylindrical handle attached to a rectangular body that are both dark brown in colour. The top side of the tool has a flat surface that is cured into two tiers. The top tier is more parallel to the ground surface with the curved second tier having an attachment to the handle. The underside of the wooden hand tool has distinctive features (small rectangles and linear curves) that protrude out from the surface and could be imprinted onto a separate medium.Context
This tool originally belonged to the Reverend and Mrs. Charles Reid, who lived in the Anglican Rectory in Ashton from 1924 to 1930. This artefact is a graining tool and it’s donor suggests it was used to paint wooden floors, possibly even those in the rectory in Ashton. The type of “faux finish” made by this graining tool, was not only a way of making inexpensive softwood appear more valuable, throughout history decorative finishes were preferred and could be found in the halls of palaces and wealthy estates all over the world. A graining tool could be used with paint, stain or varnish and painter’s manuals would suggest different methods to allow the artist to achieve desired wood grain results.Collection
Artefact Collection: PrimaryLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Brush, GrainingNomenclature Primary Object Term
Brush, PaintNomenclature Class
Painting T&ENomenclature Category
Category 04: Tools & Equipment for MaterialsMaterial
wood - bois, wood - bois
