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Roofing Shingle

Roofing Shingle

 
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Object Name: 
Roofing Shingle
Department
American
Maker(s)
Ludowici Roofing Tile Company, Factory
Place Made: 
United States, IL, Chicago Heights
Date: 
1893-1906
Color
Transparent pale purple shading to colorless
Technique
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pressing
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 5.4 cm, L: 41.2 cm, W: 23.3 cm
Accession Number: 
2002.4.75 B
Credit Line: 
Gift of Colleen Vagnini and Phil Steiner
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Colorless shading to transparent amethyst colored glass. Pressed into a mold. Large rectangular shape shingle with grooves and ledges. On the underside is a tab with a hole in it just below the mid-point with a long length of twisted wire around the hole.
Inscription
"LUDOWICI CHICAGO / PATENT NO 283126 / T1"
Trademark
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Pressed, part of mold Near top edge
Provenance
Vagnini, Colleen, Source
2002
Steiner, Phil, Source
2002

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Roofing Shingle
Artist:Ludowici Roofing Tile Company
Date:1893-1906
Accession Number:2002.4.75 A
2 Roofing Shingles
Artist:Ludowici Roofing Tile Company
Date:1893-1906
Accession Number:2002.4.75
 

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