Iron
Small iron with removable wooden handle.
- Accession Number 2011.27.2
- Fabricant / Éditeur H. R. Ives & Co.
- Materials metal, wood
- Measurements 12,5 x 7,5 x 17 cm
Historical context
In the early 19th century, irons were fitted with a removable wooden handle that enabled women to heat the base over coals or in the oven, then insert the wooden handle to move it around and iron clothes, thus limiting the risk of burns. The first iron models had a metal handle. To optimize garment ironing, housewives usually had two irons so that they could rotate while one heated the other ironed.
In the 20th century, the first e...
- Accession Number 2011.27.2
- Fabricant / Éditeur H. R. Ives & Co.
- Materials metal, wood
- Measurements 12,5 x 7,5 x 17 cm
© Collection Pointe-à-Callière, donation Roger Charlebois and Marguerite Lecompte, 2011.027.002
- On display
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