Fluting Iron
date: label: date made
content: 1850 - 1900
label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Manually-operated fluting machine or iron with two, hollow, corrugated rollers, open at crank end, mounted horizontally one above the other on a rounded rectangular, stepped ogee-sided stand that is integrally cast with the flared rectangular pedestal supports for the lower roller. Red-orange paint. Frame holding upper roller has an arched flat spring across its top and a large, curved right-angle lever that pivots on a separate support at back right ending with tension screw on spring; S curve lever on lower roller next to wooden-handled crank works with the upper lever to move the rollers apart. Stenciled on underside "F / 744". No other marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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 Fred W. Meade
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.229771.0001
label: catalog number
content: 229771.0001
label: accession number
content: 229771
objectType: label: Object Name
content: iron, fluting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (finish material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (rollers material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in x 11 1/4 in x 7 in; 23.495 cm x 28.575 cm x 17.78 cm