adze

Unknown artist

19th Century

iron, wood, metal

Canadian Museum of History

A single adze with a metal blade and a wooden handle rests on a plain gray background. A color calibration strip is visible below the object. <P>The joiner's shop is located behind his house in a large, single storey wooden building. A wide doorway allows for the passage of bulky objects. The interior is well-lit by windows and is divided into two distinct work areas and a storage place for wood. In one corner is the joiner's workbench where he plans a job and makes measurements. Here, too, he stores various hand tools. Hanging to one side of the bench are a selection of templates that he can use to lay out a design, for a…