Flatiron
date: label: date made
content: 1880s
notes: label: Description
content: Fixed handle, pointed-toe iron with size "7" and the gothic or Old English letters "B" and possibly "R" cast in top of body. Handle has a horizontally-seamed block grip decorated with arches and crosslets, and D-strap, S-curve or gooseneck sides individually attached into raised semicircular bases or sockets. Possible traces of nickel plating on handle. One of three flatirons with stove- or range-top heater, 1994.0026.01-.04; irons 1994.0026.02-.03 are identical.
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: Gift of Robert V. Hollister
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0026.03
label: accession number
content: 1994.0026
label: catalog number
content: 1994.26.3
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0026.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flatiron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 4 in x 6 1/4 in; 11.43 cm x 10.16 cm x 15.875 cm