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Title |
Chinese Puff Sleeve Iron, c. 1885-1889 |
Object Name |
Iron |
Description |
Chinese Puff Sleeve Iron, c. 1885-1889. Iron egg-shaped piece attached by an iron rod to a wooden handle covered at end with an iron grip. There are two holes, approximately 1/8" in diameter on opposite sides of grip; bottom of grip is open--wood does not extend its entire length and there is currently cotton(?) inside; end of grip has a raised cylindrical cap attached to it; where iron rod and wooden piece meet there is a brass circle at end of wood (only slightly visible as displayed). |
Date |
c. late 1880s |
Catalog Number |
2006.048 |
Collection |
3D - Maintenance Tools & Equipment |
Creator |
Unknown |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Inscription Text |
none visible as displayed |
Provenance |
Used at Ching Lee Laundry in the late 1880s. |
Notes |
A puff iron like this one can be used to press wrinkles out of sleeves and other oddly shaped or delicate items; it works by fitting inside the garment instead of working like a traditional iron. [http://brinimaxwell.com/index.php/2010/03/04/egg-o-heart-presenting-new-puff-iron/ 10/03/2018] "Oct. 30, 2016, 5:34 AM PDT / Updated Oct. 30, 2016, 5:34 AM PDT By Ling Woo Liu Ching Lee Laundry, the oldest Chinese-owned laundry in the United States, closed its doors Saturday after 140 years of continuous operations by the same family. ... "In 1876, when Jacque Yee’s great granduncle opened the doors of Ching Lee Laundry, he traveled by horse-drawn carriage to pick up laundry 20 miles away in San Francisco. By that time, the Gold Rush had brought tens of thousands of Chinese immigrants to California, but the Yee family was among the very first to make their way south of San Francisco, to suburban San Mateo, which was then home to just 932 people." [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/oldest-chinese-laundry-u-s-closes-shop-after-140-years-n675186 05/26/2019] |
Dimensions |
H-3.5 W-13.5 D-2 inches |
Search Terms |
Chinese Household Goods Immigrants Irons |
Subjects |
Immigrants Irons (Pressing) |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Jack Yee |