Crimping iron
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Cast iron, Paint, Wood
Measurements
290 x 240 mm; 355 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1333601
Summary
Crimping iron fixed to decayed wooden base with cast iron uprights painted blue/green. Well turned brass drums. Tensioning spring missing. Turned wooden handle. In notebook no.5, page 8 (1340945.5) Charles Wade refers to: 'Lace Room no.51 Crimping Machine of Brass, with irons for heating' Includes sketch with dimensions.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 5 Second Floor, 1944, Page 8