Ironing board
Category
Furniture
Date
1900 - 1950
Materials
Asbestos, Canvas, Cotton, Iron, Pine
Measurements
785 x 1160 x 280 mm
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Osterley Park and House, London
NT 771908
Summary
Folding pine ironing board. Top upholstered in canvas, now badly torn and discoloured, with cotton wool padding. Fabric is attached to frame with round-headed thumb tacks through a band of similar cloth. Evidence that some have been moved, in the form of rusty impressions, suggests fabric might have been replaced or readjusted. Asbestos iron-stand at one end is attached by means of four corner screws and surrounded on the three open sides with an ovolo border of wood.