Hotpoint (TM) "Boudoir Iron"
date: label: Date made
content: 1906-02-06
notes: label: Description
content: Electric dry iron with pointed toe and black painted wood handle; Cat. 113F22/110 volts/330 watts. Detachable, gray woven cloth-covered twisted cord has spiral spring and two-prong plug at body and screw-in plug (for lamp socket) at the other, allowing for cordless ironing once hot. Maker name and product specifications stamped on tag affixed to heel. Stored in original rectangular paperboard box printed in red and blue with "Hotpoint" logo on all four sides, a checkerboard on long sides and top, maker name and product specifications at one end and "SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS" on the other; box manufacturer name printed on inside flap.
label: Description
content: Hotpoint was a trademark brand manufactured by Edison Electric Appliance Co., Inc. Box made by Illinois Glass Company, Cartons & Labels Division, Chicago, IL.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: appliances
label: Subject
content: Daily Life
label: Subject
content: electricity
label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
label: Subject
content: Laundry
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of William H. and Jane Griffin Yeingst
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.3116.01
label: catalog number
content: 1989.3116.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 1989.3116
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flatiron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (plugs material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel plate (body, handle sides material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle grip material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (handle grip material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (cord covering material)
label: Physical Description
content: paperboard (box material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (box material)
label: Measurements
content: overall-iron: 5 in x 6 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 12.7 cm x 17.145 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall-box: 4 1/4 in x 7 1/4 in x 3 1/8 in; 10.795 cm x 18.415 cm x 7.9375 cm