Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

PANTS PRESS

Date Range From

1910

Date Range To

1920

Materials

WOOD, STEEL, PAPER

No. Pieces

1

Length

73

Width

29.5

Description

REDDISH STAINED WOOD WITH STEEL SCREW PRESS. BASE IS SINGLE PIECE OF WOOD WITH TWO 32.5CM STEEL BRACKETS BOLTED TO BACK OF WOOD. ON EACH SIDE SUPPORTED BY EACH END OF BRACKETS ARE PRESS BARS THREADED AT EACH END WITH EACH HAVING A WING-NUT FOR TIGHTENING. AT ONE END OF BASE IS RECTANGULAR STEEL HOLDER ALSO FASTENED TO WOOD BY STEEL BRACKETS. THE BRACKETS ARE FASTENED WITH TWO SCREWS EACH. HOLDER FRAME HAS STEEL CROSS-PIECE FOR HOLDING PANTS IN PLACE. IN MIDDLE OF BOARD IS WHITE PAPER LABEL WITH RED PRINTING. IT READS " "WATTS" TROUSER PRESS" AND "REVERSE THIS BOARD AND PLACE TROUSERS ON OTHER SIDE" ALONG WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAINTENANCE AND USE. THE TOP PRESS IS MADE UP OF TWO 64CM X 10CM WOODEN PIECES FINISHED LIKE THE BASE IS HELD TOGETHER BY TWO 35CM X 3.2CM STEEL CROSS PIECES. EACH CROSS PIECE HAS U-SHAPED OPENING AT EACH END WHERE PRESS BARS FROM BASE JOIN TO FORM PRESS. CROSS PIECES ARE BOLTED IN EACH. ENGRAVED INTO ONE CROSS PIECE IS "THE UNIVERSAL AUTOMATIC PRESSER & STRETCHER (WATT'S PATENT)". AT CENTER OF ONE OF THE WOOD PIECES IS WHITE PLASTIC LABEL WHICH READS "PERPETUAL CREASING THE "ELLANBY" REGD. TROUSERS PRESS (WATT'S PATENT)". SOME PITTING AND CORROSION ON STEEL PIECES AND SLIGHT SPLITTING ON ENDS OF WOOD PIECES. WOOD IN GENRAL IS SLIGHTLY DIRTY.

Subjects

MAINTENANCE T&E

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

WILLIAM GEORGE ALDOUS BROUGHT PANTS PRESS FROM ENGLAND IN APPROX. 1913.

Catalogue Number

P19930065000

Acquisition Date

1993-11

Collection

Museum

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