Fluting Iron Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: after 1878
label: date made
content: 1867
label: Date made
content: 1867-02-26
label: Date made
content: 1868-06-23
label: Date made
content: 1875-06-29
label: Date made
content: 1878-01-22
notes: label: Description
content: Full-size patent model of a manually-operated fluting machine that produces fluted puffing for clothing (shirt bosoms, etc.) along with a length of the trimming, made by George E. King of New York, NY. Consists of two open-ended rollers with plain and corrugated sections mounted horizontally one above the other between two vertical supports with curvilinear bases; lower roller is attached to a wood-handled crank. An angled guide in front of one side has two arches corresponding to the plain sections of the rollers, so when fabric is fed through it gathers at the crimped edges. Five darkened paper tags tied to thumbscrew at top with red or purple (faded) wove ribbon include the original patent tag (U.S. Patent No. 62,492, dated February 26, 1867) and separate reissue tags for the machine and the trimming. Flat spring, which rested on the blocks above the upper roller, is missing; three screws at top adjusted tension.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.089797.0098
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: 089797.0098
label: patent number
content: 62492
objectType: label: Object Name
content: iron, fluting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (machine material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (rollers, spring blocks, guide material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (trimming material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in x 9 1/8 in x 6 1/2 in; 23.495 cm x 23.1775 cm x 16.51 cm