Flatiron
Flatiron
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- Description
- Cold handle, double-point iron with one rounded tip; for use with a removable or detachable handle. Maker, place manufactured and size "1" are cast in top of plate screwed to body.
- Handle is interchangeable with DL.314637.0067 (larger size "2" iron) and DL.314637.0072 (smaller size "1" iron).
- Maker is iron castings manufacturer A. C. Williams Company of Chagrin Falls and Ravenna, OH; 1886-present (now Lite Metals Company, specializing in magnesium and aluminum castings). Named for Adam Clark Williams and successor firm to J. W. Williams Co. (started by Adam's father, John Wesley Williams, in 1844) and J. W. Williams & Son (after Adam joined the business in 1870). Operations were located in Chagrin Falls, OH, until fires in 1889 and 1892 prompted move to Ravenna, OH, in 1892.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- flatiron
- date made
- 1886 - 1892
- maker
- A. C. Williams Company
- place made
- United States: Ohio, Chagrin Falls
- Physical Description
- iron, cast (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/8 in x 5 7/8 in x 3 in; 5.3975 cm x 14.9225 cm x 7.62 cm
- ID Number
- DL.314637.0072
- catalog number
- 314637.0072
- accession number
- 314637
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Mrs. Edith R. Meggers
- subject
- Household Tools and Equipment
- Laundry
- DELETE
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- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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