Object ID:
2000.11
Title:
Brass braille interlining slate
Description:
Brass slate is hinged and has two rows of 35 braille cells; two pegs on the back allow slate to be used with a board.
Dimensions:
H-1.375 W-11.25 inches
Date:
n.d.
Made by:
National Institute for the Blind
Place of Origin:
London, England
Provenance:
An interline slate allowed the user to write on both sides of a page. By alternating lines from front to back, the braille dots did not cancel each other out, but at the expense of text density.
The British & Foreign Association for Promoting the Education and Employment of the Blind, founded in 1868, was listing large and small interlining frames for braille as early as 1882. Its name changed to the National Institute for the Blind in 1914, and to Royal National Institute for the Blind in 1953. In 1920, NIB expanded its mandate to include the production and sale of "Apparatus for Use by the Blind" and produced its first catalog soon after.
The British & Foreign Association for Promoting the Education and Employment of the Blind, founded in 1868, was listing large and small interlining frames for braille as early as 1882. Its name changed to the National Institute for the Blind in 1914, and to Royal National Institute for the Blind in 1953. In 1920, NIB expanded its mandate to include the production and sale of "Apparatus for Use by the Blind" and produced its first catalog soon after.
Credit Line:
Museum Purchase, 2000.11
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