Part of a large barn door assembly? Armour plating off of a world war 1 era tank? Guillotine blades? They look homeade, roughcut, and different sized, so I'd assume that precision is not required of whatever application they fill.
Based on their shapes it looks like they might have been used as weights to hold Cornerblocks, Keystones, and Straps in place when building flats. Just a guess.
Based on their shapes it looks like they might have been used as weights to hold Cornerblocks, Keystones, and Straps in place when building flats. Just a guess.
Not sure what you mean by "Strap".
A [-]flat, hollywood's[/-] flat, Broadway's rail and stile are connected with a corner block.
I too, wondered about the shapes in the picture in post#3, but decided it was purely coincidental.Based on their shapes it looks like they might have been used as weights to hold Cornerblocks, Keystones, and Straps in place when building flats. Just a guess.
a metal plate of this size is not going to hold a flat square.They look like they might be used as framing squares, to hold two parts at a fixed angle to they could be joined.
Rails are the top and bottom of a flat
a stile is the long side
see Larry Wild's StageCraft resource page and his reference to
J. Michael Gillette's book Theatrical Design and Production
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