Foot Warmer (Foot Stove)
date: label: date made
content: ca 1775
notes: label: Description
content: Red-painted wooden foot warmer or stove with an ogee-molded, overhanging rectangular top and square bottom, three sides carved with pinwheel motifs, and an inset door with single heart mounted on wooden pegs at left; top, sides and door are perforated with drilled holes. A wrought bail handle hooks through wire loops on top and a wire loop door pull and pivot closure are at right. Contains a wire-rimmed, cylindrical brazier or pan for holding the heat source, made of two pieces with folded seams; a roughly circular piece of thick leather lines top. Top is a repurposed 8-by-8 checkerboard (flipped over), while bottom underside is partially carved with pinwheel design and back interior with heart; nailed construction. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Heating
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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 Preston R. Bassett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0568.570
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0568.570
label: accession number
content: 1979.0568
objectType: label: Object Name
content: warmer, foot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: oak, white (sides material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, wire (pulls material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (interior lining material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, tinned sheet (brazier or pan material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (top material)
label: Physical Description
content: pine (sides; door material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 7/8 in x 9 3/8 in x 7 3/4 in; 17.4625 cm x 23.8125 cm x 19.685 cm