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Colebrookdale Flat Iron

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Title

Colebrookdale Flat Iron

Description

An old fashioned flat iron (also called a 'sad' iron) with a detachable handle, made to fit several irons. When the iron in use is cooled, another hot iron could be taken from the stove with the handle and the first one put back on the stove to reheat,

Colebrookdale Iron Co. was founded in 1835 by Joseph Bailey. Sad irons, also called flat irons or smoothing irons, are shaped pieces of metal that are flat. “Sad” is an old English word for “solid". They are forebears to modern electric irons.

Creator

ColeBrookDale Iron Company, Boyertown, PA

Contributor

Jacob Sawutz.

Identifier

1999.1368

Artifact Item Type Metadata

Materials

Cast iron, wood; 5"H x 6.5"L.

Condition

Good.

Storage

AB113
SU6-3