Patent Art - Compass

In 1902 Robert T. Lawless filed a patent on a genuinely course-changing instrument: the compass. That patent, and the many built on top of it, let a navigator align any two points day or night and hold a direct line between them.The detail etched into the Baltic birch of this piece stands for one of the oldest tenets of travel - know where you are going. The complexity reveals itself slowly, in intricately etched linework, laser-cut, stained, and framed in birch. Compass Patent Art Details: Laser-etched into high-quality Baltic birch Recreated from the original patent drawing Hand-stained and set in a solid wood frame Ready to hang