Can someone help identify?
Sep 26, 2016 09:59:04 #
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Sep 26, 2016 11:07:12 #
This is an ornate almost 70-90 year old large hinge .. There would be 2 of them in the set ..., this kind was used for fold out windows at the top of an entrance door .... A very fancy place like a doctors office conference room or attorneys or a superintendents office ... In the old days .. This window would be opened while the door was closed to let out the heat and create air circulation while maintaining the privacy of a closed door ..., .usually the door would be a grand entrance double door with a solid 1 piece open out glass window at the top... And these were the hinges of that wide top door window ...
Sep 26, 2016 11:14:27 #
Originally made by the WHAT Mfg Co. Early 1900's ... They started production and abruptly stopped when the President of the WHAT Mfg Co asked .." What is it? """""" .. No one could answer him ... To this day .., someone somewhere .., is still asking .." What is it " ....???
Sep 26, 2016 11:15:41 #
Ok .., Ireally don't know ... My original explanation sounded good ....
Sep 26, 2016 11:46:49 #
Dr.Nikon wrote:
This is an ornate almost 70-90 year old large hing... (show quote)
I'm at a loss for how the transom window would pivot on this, with a single pivot point.
Sep 26, 2016 17:17:16 #
ken hubert wrote:
A lamp holder?
I should have been more specific in my description but it was actually on the window frame of a basement window. It didn't have anything to do with the window itself though.
A group of us talked about the possibilities but we couldn't come up with a reason for it being a lamp holder, but it was discussed. We thought if it was a lamp holder there would have to be another part that actually held the lamp.
Sep 26, 2016 17:21:02 #
Dr.Nikon wrote:
This is an ornate almost 70-90 year old large hing... (show quote)
That's actually not a bad idea. There are two stop points on the pivot so it would not be able to be closed all the way or opened real far. The knob at the pivot is threaded, to adjust tension probably. Transom windows could ordinarily be closed all the way couldn't they? They had a rod on one side that you push up or pull down to open and close the window.
Sep 26, 2016 18:23:10 #
Longshadow wrote:
I'm at a loss for how the transom window would pivot on this, with a single pivot point.
I suppose the window would have the hinges on the bottom and this would be on the side to control how far it was open.
Sep 26, 2016 18:28:37 #
Wenonah wrote:
I suppose the window would have the hinges on the bottom and this would be on the side to control how far it was open.
Yea, I tried to visualize how it would work, but if the long arm is attached to the wall, then the other arm would swing in a circle around the floret?
Sep 27, 2016 05:27:18 #
I can imagine that a pair of them might support an awning or shade above a window?
Sep 27, 2016 08:07:22 #
Wenonah wrote:
This was mounted to the wall in an old house.
It looks like the knob would rotate and let the two pieces move...but why? Obviously adjusting the position if something, but what?
Sep 27, 2016 09:17:14 #
Sep 27, 2016 10:27:13 #
Just a guess but I could see using two of them to support and hinge a desk top to a desk base. Something in my mind is reminds me of my first few years in grade school. I don't know the scale of the part you show but it would be adaptable to any size desk up to a large drafting table. It also appears from the photo that it could be designed to not fold down all the way parallel to the floor. That way the way our desks opened and closed, remaining in a slight angle to facilitate writing and resting books to read. Just a guess.
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