Foot Warmer (Foot Stove)
Foot Warmer (Foot Stove)
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- Description
- Red-painted wooden foot warmer or stove with an ogee-molded, overhanging rectangular top and square bottom, three sides carved with pinwheel motifs, and an inset door with single heart mounted on wooden pegs at left; top, sides and door are perforated with drilled holes. A wrought bail handle hooks through wire loops on top and a wire loop door pull and pivot closure are at right. Contains a wire-rimmed, cylindrical brazier or pan for holding the heat source, made of two pieces with folded seams; a roughly circular piece of thick leather lines top. Top is a repurposed 8-by-8 checkerboard (flipped over), while bottom underside is partially carved with pinwheel design and back interior with heart; nailed construction. No marks.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- warmer, foot
- date made
- ca 1775
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- oak, white (sides material)
- paint (decoration material)
- iron, wrought (handle material)
- iron, wire (pulls material)
- leather (interior lining material)
- iron, tinned sheet (brazier or pan material)
- maple (top material)
- pine (sides; door material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 7/8 in x 9 3/8 in x 7 3/4 in; 17.4625 cm x 23.8125 cm x 19.685 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0568.570
- catalog number
- 1979.0568.570
- accession number
- 1979.0568
- Credit Line
- Gift of Preston R. Bassett
- subject
- Heating
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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