Silver Streak
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Saunders Machine & Tool Corp., Yonkers, New York, USA, founded 1858
- Corning Glass Works, Corning, New York, USA, 1851 - 1989
- Description
- Broad, oblong wedge-shaped profile comprising one-piece molded transparent glass shroud and handle affixed to white metal soleplate and heel rest. Fabric-covered power cord emerges from tubular rubber flange at top right side. Black plastic dial on red face-plate inscribed: "Off, On, Rayon, Silk, Wool, Cotton, Linen," and "Low, Med, High."
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund
- 1942–46
- Accession Number
- 1996-39-1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- appliances & tools
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- Iron
- Type
- Iron
- Medium
- Molded and emulsion-painted Pyrex glass, cast and nickle-plated steel, molded phenolic plastic resin and rubber, fabric (cord)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 13.8 x 9.8 x 23 cm (5 7/16 x 3 7/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
- manufactured in
- Yonkers, New York, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1996-39-1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq49278fd9d-6a15-4e31-963c-03e9a8d3b8b8
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