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Mother-O-Pearl Folding Ruler

Stock No

5385

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2015
  • £340.00
  • €404 Euro
  • $460 US Dollar

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Item Description

A French, probably Palais-Royal, folding mother-o-pearl measure. Seven lengths, hinged, engraved with divisions according to the French system of pied du Roi, (the King's foot), and thereby probably dating from the ancien régime, prior to the imposition of the metric system that followed the French Revolution of 1795.
Open length 23.75 inches

 

Item Info

Seller

WALPOLES

Seller Location

London, London

Period

18th Century & Earlier

Item Location

United Kingdom

Seller Location

London, London

Item Location

United Kingdom

Seller Contact No

+44 (0)207 7275263

+44 (0)7831 561042

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