Dresser, flour
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CLOTH
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1990.0011.001
- MANUFACTURER
- GREEY, WM. & J.G.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 12
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD FRAME - MAPLE, BIRCH, PINE/ METAL DRUM, MECHANICAL PARTS (INCLUDING CAST IRON GEARS)/ FABRIC WRAPPED HOOPS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 331.0 cm
- Width
- 86.0 cm
- Height
- 135.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Industrial equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- GREEY
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1900 to 1970s
- Canada
-
This dresser was made by Toronto-based Canadian manufacturer Greey and represented the latest in flour-milling technology of its time. - Function
-
Dressers were type of flour bolting or sifting machine used to separate different grades of flour produced during the gradual-reduction process of milling. Dressers used revolving drums covered with silk bolting cloth that separated fine flour from coarser grades. - Technical
-
The dresser was one of several types of flour bolting (sifting) machines developed as part of gradual-reduction process of flour milling, which originated in Europe in the 1860s. This process was slower than millstone milling, but produced higher quality flour. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1-.2 BLACK STENCILED LETTERING ON EACH SIDE READS 'IMPROVED DRESSER/ Manufactured by Wm. & J.G. GREEY Toronto, Ont.'
- Missing
- SILK BOLTING CLOTH/ .3 AUGER From CA of 07/02/1997 by Sue Warren: Undetermined
- Finish
- LIGHT BROWN WOOD, POSSIBLY ONCE STAINED & VARNISHED/ SOME METAL PARTS PAINTED RED, OTHERS CORRODED/ WHITE FABRIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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GREEY, WM. & J.G., Dresser, flour, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1990.0011, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1990.0011.001/
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