LOT OF TWO FLUTING IRONS.
Sale Price:$90.00 Original Price:$100.00
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During the late 1800s pleated ruffles, or "fluting," were a popular feature of ladies' dresses, and a surprising number of devices were patented to make and iron them. These are two examples of fluting irons, in which a piece of iron, called a "heater," was heated on the stove and then inserted into a cast iron body, with a roller used to form the flutes. One was made by Shepard Hardware of Buffalo and is marked with three separate patents, the roller has a T-shaped handle, and the other by the American Machine Co. of Philadelphia with a hinged lid and curved handle roller. Both complete and undamaged with some minor surface rust and their original heaters, includes one lifter and two additional cylinders from fluting machine.
During the late 1800s pleated ruffles, or "fluting," were a popular feature of ladies' dresses, and a surprising number of devices were patented to make and iron them. These are two examples of fluting irons, in which a piece of iron, called a "heater," was heated on the stove and then inserted into a cast iron body, with a roller used to form the flutes. One was made by Shepard Hardware of Buffalo and is marked with three separate patents, the roller has a T-shaped handle, and the other by the American Machine Co. of Philadelphia with a hinged lid and curved handle roller. Both complete and undamaged with some minor surface rust and their original heaters, includes one lifter and two additional cylinders from fluting machine.
During the late 1800s pleated ruffles, or "fluting," were a popular feature of ladies' dresses, and a surprising number of devices were patented to make and iron them. These are two examples of fluting irons, in which a piece of iron, called a "heater," was heated on the stove and then inserted into a cast iron body, with a roller used to form the flutes. One was made by Shepard Hardware of Buffalo and is marked with three separate patents, the roller has a T-shaped handle, and the other by the American Machine Co. of Philadelphia with a hinged lid and curved handle roller. Both complete and undamaged with some minor surface rust and their original heaters, includes one lifter and two additional cylinders from fluting machine.
