Flatiron
date: label: date made
content: 1880 - 1900
label: patent date
content: 1852-03-30
notes: label: Description
content: Pointed-toe charcoal iron consisting of a removable cover with tall, forward-curved chimney at tip and a hollow body with vented tube along bottom inside that connects to an arched opening in heel with pivoting, cast Vulcan face damper. Wood handle and tinned concave heat shield. Cover secures to body by notches at front and pin at heel that runs through rear handle support and corresponding lug or tab on body. Outside cover has cast in circular mark for "E. BLESS & R. DRAKE / PATENT / MARCH / 30 / 1852".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
label: place used
content: United States: Maine, Thomaston
topic: label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
label: Subject
content: Laundry
label: Subject
content: Patented
label: Subject
content: Patented
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Misses Helen R. and Elisabeth W. Newcombe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.58.0025
label: catalog number
content: 58.0025
label: accession number
content: 215795
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flatiron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (grip material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, tinned sheet (heat shield material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in x 8 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 20.955 cm x 22.225 cm x 9.525 cm