Flatiron
date: label: date made
content: mid 1800s
label: date made
content: 1860 - 1880
notes: label: Description
content: Removable handle, pointed-toe flatiron with size "6" and "WILSONS / PATENT" cast in at front and back on top of body. Vertically-seamed cast handle is flattened oval in section with a horizontal grip and scroll-ended sides that are individually attached to a rectangular bar or dovetail that slides in socket at center of the raised, straight tapered, rectangular base on body. Handle does not move.
label: Description
content: "Wilson's Patent" not identified; needs further research. A William Wilson of Greenfield, MA, received a patent for a "sad iron" on March 27, 1835, but record was destroyed in 1836 Patent Office fire. It is also possible patent is for the sliding mechanism and not the iron.
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 Mrs. Astor Godlove
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.287906.0004
label: catalog number
content: 287906.0004
label: accession number
content: 287906
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flatiron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/8 in x 6 3/4 in x 4 in; 13.0175 cm x 17.145 cm x 10.16 cm