Object Image

Ironing board (48.60)

Unknown Artist

Wood ironing board; rectangular shape with one end narrower than the other; an oval hole in the wider end for hanging; well worn with rounded corners, many scratches and tool marks in surface.

Provenance Narrative
According to file used by Jane Patterson near Hagerstown, Maryland, for pressing uniforms during the Revolutionary War.

Place Made
United States

c. 1776

Wood

3.0 x 0.5 x 28.9 in

48.60

Image and text: DAR Museum, 2025

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