Flatiron
date: label: date made
content: ca 1875
notes: label: Description
content: Combination smoothing, polishing and fluting iron with two-part body, both upper and lower parts are corrugated lengthwise on their inside faces, joined by a three-knuckle hinge at pointed toe and fastened closed by a wire clip at rounded heel. Handle has a vertically-seamed, baluster block grip and S-curve or gooseneck sides individually attached into domed bases or sockets. Outside top inscribed "8". No other marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of W. B. Lincoln, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.307541.0007
label: catalog number
content: 307541.0007
label: accession number
content: 307541
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flatiron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (body, grip material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: wire (clip material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 5/8 in x 6 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 11.7475 cm x 16.8275 cm x 6.35 cm