Table, ironing
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TABLE TOP/DOUBLE SLEEVE
- DATE
- 1930–1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0019.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD (PINE ?), PADDED & COVERED WITH COTTON.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 61.5 cm
- Width
- 9.2 cm
- Height
- 12.0 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF TABLE USED C. 1930S- 1950S.
- Canada
-
TYPICAL OF SPECIALTY IRONING TABLES USED IN CANADIAN HOUSEHOLDS DURING THIS PERIOD. - Function
-
TO PROVIDE CLEAN, FIRM, AND HEAT RESISTANT SURFACE ON WHICH TO IRON SLEEVES OR SIMILARLY FORMED ITEMS. ALSO USED WHEN IRONING SMALL PIECES OF CLOTH OR LACE, COLLARS, ETC. - Technical
-
IRONING BOARDS WERE USED IN 1880S, AND CONSISTED OF A PLAIN BOARD SUSPENDED BETWEEN A TABLE AND CHAIR BACK. FIRST TRUE IRONING TABLES MFD C. 1898. SMALL VARIETIES LIKE THIS ONE WERE DESIGNED FOR IRONING SLEEVES: THIS EXAMPLE CAN ACCOMODATE 2 SIZES OF SLEEVE. IRONING TABLES WERE MADE OF WOOD, COVERED & PADDED, UNTIL 1939. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None.
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- NATURAL FINISH ON BOTH WOOD AND COTTON.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Table, ironing, circa 1930–1950, Artifact no. 1997.0019, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0019.001/
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