Fireplace Patent Model
date: label: Date made
content: 1837-06-30
label: patent date
content: 1837-06-30
name: label: inventor
content: Sherman, Roger M.
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model (U.S. Patent No. 249) of a freestanding fireplace with grate that has three horizontal radiators placed above the mantel, made by Roger M. Sherman of Fairfield, CT, and patented on June 30, 1837. One flue with damper that connects directly from the grate to the chimney and three separate flues with dampers open into the radiators. Maker's name engraved on back. Patent information printed and handwritten on original patent tag glued to index card stored with object and on reproduction patent tag tied to grate with red wove ribbon.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Fairfield
label: associated place
content: United States: Connecticut, Fairfield
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
label: See more items in
content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.251496
label: catalog number
content: 251496
label: patent number
content: 249
label: accession number
content: 48890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fireplace
label: Object Name
content: grate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (tag material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wire (grate material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (tag material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/8 in x 3 in x 1 1/2 in; 10.4775 cm x 7.62 cm x 3.81 cm