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- OBJECT TYPE
- Absorptive/Fluting
- DATE
- 1878
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0339.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Shepard Hardware Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Buffalo, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Iron handle & nickel-plated iron roller.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 18.5 cm
- Width
- 10.5 cm
- Height
- 4.5 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
- Shepard
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Buffalo
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Type used in Canada. - Function
-
For crimping or fluting lace collars, cuffs and ruffles on clothing. - Technical
-
Demonstrates the specialization of ironing tasks present in the mid-1860’s. Like a box iron, this fluting board was heated by a slug placed inside the base. The slug itself was heated on top of a stove before being placed inside. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None.
- Missing
- none
- Finish
- Circular corrugated surface affixed to a handle for ease of use. Corrugated roller made to fit the accompanying fluting iron board.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Shepard Hardware Co., Iron, after 1878, Artifact no. 1987.0339, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0339.001/
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