Flatiron
Object number2002.55.9
Date1880-1900
Mediumcast iron
Credit LineHeinz History Center Collection
DescriptionTriangular shaped flat iron or sad iron with handle.Dimensions4.5 x 3.875 x 5.875 in. (11.4 x 9.8 x 14.9 cm)Label TextMade out of heavy iron, flat irons were used for smoothing clothes. The hollow base iron on the left was made heavier and warmer by placing slugs, heated over the stove, into the base. The iron on the right, also known as a “sadiron,” has a solid iron base, and was heated by placing it directly on a hot stove, and had to be reheated periodically. The terminology “sad” was a corruption of the word “solid.”
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Penn Scale Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Fairbanks Scales
