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Description:

Fabric toaster cover. Single-weave fabric, cotton, printed with abstracted floral print, green background with greens, white, off-white, pinks, brown, and gray, yellow flat piping around top and bottom seams, gathered at top. No label, probably homemade. One small hole in side, small discoloration in two areas.

See 1988.0227.1A, Toast-O-Lator Toaster

Possible patent for toaster (currently on exhibit): US 2188309 A, January 30, 1940, William A. Pentecost, assignor to Toast-O-Lator, Inc., New York, New York, for "Toaster"

Date Made: 1940-1950

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United StatesUnited States: New York, New York

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

Exhibition:

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1988.0227.1BAccession Number: 1988.0227Catalog Number: 1988.0227.1B

Object Name: cover, toaster

Physical Description: fabric (overall material)cotton (overall material)Measurements: overall: 14 7/8 in x 11 in; 37.7825 cm x 27.94 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-f753-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1452922

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Toaster Cover