Flatiron
date: label: date made
content: 1870 - 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Fixed handle, pointed-toe iron with either maker or model name "I X L" and size "8" cast in top of body. Decorative wire handle has a block grip with two cabochons on top and two depressions on underside; S-curve or gooseneck sides are individually attached into raised circular bases or sockets.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Mrs. Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.314637.0069
label: catalog number
content: 314637.0069
label: accession number
content: 314637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flatiron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (body material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/8 in x 6 1/2 in x 3 5/8 in; 13.0175 cm x 16.51 cm x 9.2075 cm