Flatiron
Object Details
- Description
- Small, cast pointed-toe flatiron with rounded tip and fixed, oval loop wrought handle, rectangular in section, attached through center of body and smoothed to sole. No marks.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Miss C. Virginia Mayfield and Miss Dorothy T. Mayfield
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- after 1830
- ID Number
- DL.64.0104
- catalog number
- 64.0104
- accession number
- 250073
- Object Name
- flatiron
- Physical Description
- iron, cast (body material)
- iron, wrought (handle material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 4 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 8.89 cm x 10.4775 cm x 6.985 cm
- place used
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- used
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Subject
- Household Tools and Equipment
- Laundry
- Record ID
- nmah_311801
