Object Details
- Description
- Electric goffering or curtain iron. Smooth metal ironing end, chrome-plated, flattened egg-shape, with one side pointed. Mounted on a circular, bakelite shaft, black, with molded grip and red temperature control knob, marked: “FULL/LINEN/WOOL/COTTON/RAYON/OFF”. Shaft is embossed: “HARRIS INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED/MODEL NO. 75 120 VOLTS A.C. 300 WATTS UL”. Egg-shaped, pointed bottom, with flat metal clamp at base. Fabric-covered electric cord, black and white, two-prong plug.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Edgar Wolf, Jr.
- 1945-1955
- ID Number
- 1988.0076.04
- accession number
- 1988.0076
- catalog number
- 1988.0076.04
- Object Name
- iron, goffering, electric
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- fabric (cord material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/4 in x 12 3/8 in x 7 3/8 in; 8.255 cm x 31.4325 cm x 18.7325 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_324287
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-466d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
