repurposed american industrial factory office addressograph machine base console or side table featuring a newly added varnished old pine wood table top. the heavily reinforced machine bases are comprised of cast iron with a mostly uniform brushed metal finish treated with a clear coat lacquer. the reconfigured stationary long and narrow side table can be used in a variety of design settings. the flared legs feature intact flat food pads. the tabletop is bolted securely to the base. the machine bases or legs were likely fabricated by the addressograph-multigraph corporation, cleveland, ohio. an addressograph is an address labeler and labeling system. in 1896, the first u.s. patent for an addressing machine, the addressograph was issued to joseph smith duncan of sioux city, iowa. it was a development of the invention he had made in 1892. his earlier model consisted of a hexagonal wood block onto which he glued rubber type which had been torn from rubber stamps. while revolving, the block simultaneously inked the next name and address ready for the next impression. the "baby o" model was put into production on the july 26, 1893 in a small back room of the old caxton building in chicago, illinois. the original company which manufactured the addressograph, addressograph international, merged in 1932 with american multigraph of cleveland, ohio to form the addressograph-multigraph corporation manufacturing highly efficient addressograph and duplicating machines. measures approximately 49 x 17 x 30 inches.