Flatiron
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850
notes: label: Description
content: Round-toe, ox tongue box iron with L-shaped handle having a turned wooden grip and baluster shaft. Parallel ribs cast in sole interior (to conduct heat) with "1" between them. No other marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Europe
topic: label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
label: Subject
content: Laundry
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.298362
label: catalog number
content: 298362
label: accession number
content: 60757
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flatiron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (body, handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (grip material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/8 in x 7 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 18.0975 cm x 19.685 cm x 8.89 cm