Patent Model - Improved Clothes-Drier
Maker and role
George Tilton, Patentee
Production date
Nov 14 1865
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood
Measurements
13 x 20 x 10" (33 x 50.8 x 25.4cm)
Description
Tilton's patent "consists in a clothes-airer or clothes-drier (to be attached to the walls of a room) constructed with a semi-circle of radial arms, which may be opened and folded on the principle of the rods or arms of an umbrella, so that when the arms are opened,... they will be at a uniform distance apart and in a position to accommodate the greatest number of clothes..." (Patent Number 50,968)
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Object number
2015.14.561a,b
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