Foot Warmer Patent Model
date: label: patent date
content: 1862-06-10
label: Associated Date
content: DELETE
name: label: inventor
content: Merrill, Joseph W.
label: inventor
content: Rowe, John H.
notes: label: Description
content: Full-size patent model (U.S. Patent No. 35,532) of a foot warmer, made by Joseph Merrill and John H. Rowe of Boston, MA, and patented on June 20, 1862. Consists of a black wool-covered wooden box on four, compressed-ball feet containing two, removable, padded and woven fur-lined "foot-cases" or compartments for placing one's feet; springs on sides of compartments for a snug fit. Spring-upholstered top for using as a foot stool or kneeler. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
label: place patented
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
topic: label: Subject
content: Church
label: Subject
content: Furnishings
label: Subject
content: Heating
label: Subject
content: Patent Models
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.251426
label: catalog number
content: 251426
label: patent number
content: 35,532
label: accession number
content: 48890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: warmer, foot
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (cloth covering material)
label: Physical Description
content: fur (clothing lining material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (springs material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (box; feet material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 8 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 14.605 cm x 21.59 cm x 13.97 cm