"Travelers" Flatiron
date: label: date purchased
content: ca 1922
notes: label: Description
content: Triangular or pointed-toe, denatured alcohol travel iron with detachable, black-painted wood-grip handle, cylindrical fuel container or tank, cylindrical burner and two stands (one for iron and for container); all fitted inside a tan leather-covered case with red stitching and hinged lid having two clasps. Case interior painted black with green felt lining the flatiron compartment. Side of one cylinder marked "Travelers' / PAT. APL'D FOR". No other marks on iron or case.
label: Description
content: Patent and maker not identified. Tilden-Thurber of Providence, RI (1880-present) was a high-end retailer of fine china, jewelry, silver, timepieces and other luxury goods; the firm now deals in art and antiques. Unlikely to have manufactured this iron; just retailed it.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place purchased; place used
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
label: used; purchased
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Richard H. Howland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.66.0189
label: catalog number
content: 66.0189
label: accession number
content: 263338
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flatiron, travel
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (iron, handle sides material)
label: Physical Description
content: chrome or nickel plate (cylinders, stands, hardware material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case, handle grip material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (case interior, handle grip material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (case lining material)
label: Measurements
content: overall-in case: 2 in x 9 1/4 in x 5 5/8 in; 5.08 cm x 23.495 cm x 14.2875 cm