Their irons were even more primitive - they didn't have a shell with hinged door for the insert - the whole thing was heated
Hey, Tamara - we have a bunch of your "primitive" irons at work - and we use them every day. If we need to iron something (usually paper, sometimes leather or cloth) they go onto the hotplate to warm up, and when they're cool they make great weights. Ours are fairly tiny compared to modern irons - maybe 7" long (17.5 cm or thereabouts) but they're probably more recent than those in the Jackson house because the bottoms are polished stainless steel, and SS wasn't invented until 1906 or so.
Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) PS: in case you're wondering, I work in a book bindery - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
