Hassock-Foot Warmer Patent Model
date: label: patent date
content: 1879-09-16
notes: label: Description
content: Full-size patent model (U.S. Patent No. 219,572) of a combined hassock or cushion and foot warmer, made by J. Augustus Folsom of Boston, MA, and patented on September 16, 1879. Consists of an oval padded footrest covered in floral, Brussels or looped-pile carpeting with leather piping that has a shallow cavity or compartment for holding an oval piece of soapstone with a brass bail handle. Cushion interior also carpet-lined. 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: Heating
label: Subject
content: Patent Models
setName: label: See more items in
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.251768
label: catalog number
content: 251768
label: accession number
content: 48890
label: patent number
content: 219572
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hassock
label: Object Name
content: warmer, foot
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (covering material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (covering material)
label: Physical Description
content: soapstone (slug material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (slug handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/8 in x 9 1/4 in x 7 in; 10.4775 cm x 23.495 cm x 17.78 cm