Parlor Stove Patent Model
date: label: Date made
content: 1851-03-11
label: patent date
content: 1851-03-11
name: label: inventor
content: Granger, Rensselaer D.
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model (U.S. Patent No. 7,973) of an air-tight Franklin stove, made by Rensselaer D. Granger of Albany, NY, and patented on March 11, 1851; painted black. Vertical rectangular stove has lattice- and fretwork on front, top and sides; two rows of vertical slots on back. Bottom parts of stove are broken off and stored with object; grate and sliding damper missing. No marks on object, but old paper tags inside firebox and stored separately are printed and handwritten with patent information and object numbers.
label: Description
content: Patent drawing illustrates stove on a scroll-sided hearth on four scrolled legs.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Albany
label: associated place
content: United States: New York, Albany
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
label: See more items in
content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.251495
label: catalog number
content: 251495
label: patent number
content: 7,973
label: accession number
content: 48890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stove, parlor
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (flue material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 5/8 in x 6 5/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 16.8275 cm x 16.8275 cm x 8.5725 cm