"Asbestos Family Cabinet"

Object Details

Description

Set of "Asbestos Sad Irons", consisting of three, wood-handled, asbestos-lined hoods (small, medium, large) with flip-over spring clasp or latch for interchangeable use with seven cores (one small, one medium and two large double-pointed, one square-heeled presser, one flounce and one fluter), plus two double-pointed stands, one square mat and yellow wrapping paper for "The DOVER Wax Pad"; all fitted inside a handleless oak case with hinged lid having two hook-and-post fasteners. "ASBESTOS / SAD IRON" cast in tops of all cores. All hoods stamped inside their handles on the face of the heat shield with maker guarantee and patent information.

Complete set; three cores and the two double-pointed stands still in original wrapping paper. Paper lining lid interior with product name missing.

Maker is Dover Manufacturing Company of Canal Dover, OH (not to be confused with Dover Stamping and Manufacturing Co. of Dover, NH, established 1833). Business was started by Charles T. Johnson-Vea and Ole Tverdahl in Stoughton, WI, in 1893 and moved to Ohio in 1900; produced exclusively asbestos sad irons. Tverdahl received U.S. Patent No. 649,968 on May 22, 1900 for the flip-over spring clasp or latch locking mechanism (covered improvements in hood and core).

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Rittenhouse

1900 - 1925

ID Number

DL.302439.0001

catalog number

302439.0001

accession number

302439

Object Name

sad irons, set of

Physical Description

iron (hoods, cores, heat shields material)

asbestos (hood linings material)

wood (handle grips material)

paint (handle grips material)

paper (wrapping material material)

oak (case material)

brass (hardware material)

Measurements

overall-in case: 4 5/8 in x 17 3/8 in x 12 3/8 in; 11.7475 cm x 44.1325 cm x 31.4325 cm

place made

United States: Ohio, Dover

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Home and Community Life: Domestic Life

National Museum of American History

Subject

Household Tools and Equipment

Laundry

Patented

Record ID

nmah_311817

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-bcef-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa