Electric Goffering Iron
date: label: date made
content: 1945-1955
notes: label: Description
content: Electric goffering or curtain iron. Smooth metal ironing end, chrome-plated, flattened egg-shape, with one side pointed. Mounted on a circular, bakelite shaft, black, with molded grip and red temperature control knob, marked: “FULL/LINEN/WOOL/COTTON/RAYON/OFF”. Shaft is embossed: “HARRIS INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED/MODEL NO. 75 120 VOLTS A.C. 300 WATTS UL”. Egg-shaped, pointed bottom, with flat metal clamp at base. Fabric-covered electric cord, black and white, two-prong plug.
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 Edgar Wolf, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0076.04
label: accession number
content: 1988.0076
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0076.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: iron, goffering, electric
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (cord material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 12 3/8 in x 7 3/8 in; 8.255 cm x 31.4325 cm x 18.7325 cm