Fireplace Heater Patent Model
date: label: Date made
content: 1875-12-28
label: patent date
content: 1875-12-28
name: label: inventor
content: Hayes, David
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model (U.S. Patent No. 171,565) of a combination furnace and open grate or fireplace heater, made by David Hayes of Chicago, IL, and patented on December 28, 1875. Heater is in the shape of a fireplace with triangle-patterned frieze and arched opening that is fitted with air chambers and flues fed from the grate. No marks on object, but paper tags tied to grate with red and purple wove ribbon are printed and handwritten with patent information and catalog numbers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
label: associated place
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
label: See more items in
content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.251503
label: catalog number
content: 251503
label: patent number
content: 171,565
label: accession number
content: 48890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fireplace heater
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper (edges of mantel and grate opening material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 7 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 16.51 cm x 18.7325 cm x 6.985 cm