Crimping iron
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bone, Cast iron, Wood
Measurements
140 mm (Width); 305 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1333602
Summary
Crimping iron mounted on wooden base. Decorative cast iron uprights painted red, with bone handle and complete with iron elements. In notebook no.5, page 23 (1340945.5) Charles Wade refers to: 'Top Royal no.678 Crimping Machine similar to TG/52' (1333603). 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 23