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Object ID # |
2005.032.002 |
Object Name |
Table, Imposing |
Other Name |
Table, Composing |
Title |
Imposing Table (Composing Table) |
Lexicon category |
6: T&E For Communication |
Year Range from |
1929 |
Year Range to |
1965 |
Made |
Knight, Dick? |
Place of Origin |
Meaford, Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
Description |
Grey-painted, plywood imposing table with storage racks for metal galleys underneath. |
Provenance |
This imposing table (composing table) was likely built by Dick Knight of Meaford, Grey County, date unknown. It was used at The Knight Press. Mr. Knight is a retired printer, who formerly owned The Knight Press (est. 1929), which closed in 1990. It had been established by Mr. Knight's father. |
Collection |
Printing & Bindery Equipment, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Wood/Paint/Metal |
Found |
Meaford, Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
People |
Knight, Dick |
Subjects |
Printing Industry Grey County Industry Printing Printmaking equipment Printers |
Search Terms |
The Knight Press (Meaford) |
Function |
A table like this supports a heavy, perfectly-flat imposing stone (sometimes called a composing stone). They are used in pre-press work by a compositor who needed to get type and cuts planed down in a chase so that they are all at the correct height before the form is transferred to the printing press. Imposing tables were used in letterpress-printing days. |