Flatiron
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890 - 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Size "2" cold handle, double-point iron; for use with a removable or detachable handle. Maker, place manufactured and size are cast in top of plate screwed to body.
label: Description
content: Maker is the Ferrosteel Company of Cleveland, OH; dates in operation not known but company patented a flat-top sad iron in 1897, suggesting this model was produced before that.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cleveland
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: Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.314637.0065
label: catalog number
content: 314637.0065
label: accession number
content: 314637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flatiron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ferrosteel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 6 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 5.08 cm x 17.145 cm x 9.525 cm