​Tim Bornstein Collection

 

Of the relatively few examples of material culture that we have from the everyday people, tools are of major importance. In 1992, Coggeshall Farm Museum received a collection of over 2000 antique tools from Tim Bornstein of Westport, Massachusetts. Most of the tools in the collection are or could be from the period we represent. These tools were collected over the years by Mr. Bornstein, a labor arbitrator, with an eye to their beauty and uniqueness and with an interest in the relationship between the tool, the worker, and the worker’s hand.