Base, fluting iron
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1878
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0339.003
- MANUFACTURER
- Shepard Hardware Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Buffalo, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 3
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Iron base.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.5 cm
- Width
- 9.5 cm
- Height
- 3.0 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
- Shepard
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Buffalo
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Base meant to hold the heated slug above which the fluting iron board rests. Fluting iron used for crimping or fluting lace collars, cuffs and ruffles on clothing. - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Embossed lettering on bottom of base reads: 'SHEPARD HARDWARE CO./ PATENTED NOV. 12 DEC. 17.1878/ BUFFALO, N.Y.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Painted black.
- Decoration
- Corrugated lines around perimeter of base.
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Shepard Hardware Co., Base, fluting iron, after 1878, Artifact no. 1987.0339, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1987.0339.003/
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