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Clothes Wringers
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Clothes Wringers

Date1800s
Terms
  • Clothes Wringers
  • Iron
  • Leather
  • Wood
Dimensions7.61 × 69.16 cm (3 × 27 1/4 in.)
Object numberH2221.0001A
DescriptionTwo slats of wood, with carved handles. Attached at one end with a leather strap and iron nails. The leather is rotting and a rope has since been tied around the piece to hold it together. Believed by David Wood (2006) to be some kind of tool for pressing laundry (like a wringer).