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- OBJECT TYPE
- Electric/Adjust temp
- DATE
- 1927–1990
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0879.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Renfrew Electric Products Ltd. ?
- MODEL
- Canadian Beauty
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Nickel-plated iron and steel construction, save wooden hand grip & synthetic dial fitting.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 24.0 cm
- Width
- 10.0 cm
- Height
- 13.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Laundry
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Renfrew
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This type of iron probably used c. late 1920s-1940s.
- Canada
-
Type used in Canada. Manufactured in Renew, Ontario, Canada. - Function
-
To press textiles. Temperature control provided greater efficiency when pressing different styles and weights of textiles. - Technical
-
Highlights advances in the efficiency and ease of ironing. Temperature control was an innovation in this domestic technology that dates to the late 1920s. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Temperature control graduated 2-24, and labelled "LOW" and "HIGH".
- Missing
- Electrical cord and mfr.'s plate on heel stand.
- Finish
- Bright silver metal iron body. Wooden hand grip bears small deposits of original (?) ivory and green paint.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Renfrew Electric Products Ltd. ?, Iron, between 1927–1990, Artifact no. 1966.0879, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0879.001/
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