Flatiron
date: label: date made
content: 1850 - 1875
notes: label: Description
content: Fixed-handle, pointed-toe flatiron with maker, place manufactured and size "6" cast in top of body as a circular mark. Handle has a horizontal semicircular grip and shallow S- or cyma-curve sides, rectangular in section, individually attached into raised, straight tapered, rectangular bases or sockets; black finish.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
label: Subject
content: Laundry
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Astor Godlove
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.287906.0003
label: catalog number
content: 287906.0003
label: accession number
content: 287906
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flatiron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, cast (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 5 7/8 in x 3 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 14.9225 cm x 9.525 cm