Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 6

Antique Early 19th Century English Crimping or Goffering Iron, circa 1840

About the Item

Antique early 19th century English crimping or goffering iron, Circa 1840. Used to make ruffles, frills, flounces, and pleats in starched linen, the crimpling iron was first introduced in Italy in the early 17th century. Very popular from the Elizabethan era through the Regency and Victorian eras in England, hems and sleeves were often trimmed in neat frills, flounces or ruffles depending on what was in fashion at the time.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)Width: 14 in (35.56 cm)Depth: 5.75 in (14.61 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1840
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    New Orleans, LA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: IRON0011stDibs: LU2854329651262
More From This SellerView All
You May Also Like
  • Early 19th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
    Located in New York, NY
    Brass Hanukkah lamp Menorah, Poland, circa 1810. Cast in Bench form, on four feet. The backplate is cast and pierced featuring scrollwork. This lamp was made by the technique known as "sand casting". This process begins with a wooden mold that was carved out to create negative space, which in turn is used to make the inverse form or shape to be used for the casting of metal. The mold is pressed into fine sand mixed with clay, then removed, and molten brass poured into the impression. When a mold wears out, a casting from that mold is often used as the mold for the next generation. Those later lamps...
    Category

    Antique Early 19th Century Polish Religious Items

    Materials

    Brass

  • 19th Century Needlepoint Tallit Bag, Jerualem
    Located in New York, NY
    An Intricate Jerusalem Textile, made in Jerusalem, 1886. Double-sided large pouch. Wool thread embroidered on cotton net. One side has a lion and stag holding flags reading “Jerusale...
    Category

    Antique 1880s Israeli Religious Items

    Materials

    Textile

  • 19th Century Libyan Wooden Torah Finials
    Located in New York, NY
    Pair of wooden Torah finials, Libya, 19th century. Hand carved and decorated with red, green and gold paint. Fine and rare example of wooden Torah orna...
    Category

    Antique Mid-19th Century Libyan Religious Items

    Materials

    Giltwood

  • Late 19th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp
    Located in New York, NY
    Folk art Judaica, antique brass Hanukkah lamp Menorah, Poland, circa 1870. Extremely good patina, the backplate molded with two rampant lions flanking ...
    Category

    Antique Late 19th Century Polish Religious Items

    Materials

    Brass

  • 19th Century Greek Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
    Located in New York, NY
    Brass Hanukkah Lamp, Salonika, Greece, 19th century. Openwork backplate with scrolled branches; three stylized flowers support central triangular c...
    Category

    Antique Mid-19th Century Greek Religious Items

    Materials

    Brass

  • Late 19th Century Algerian Brass Hanukkah Lamp
    Located in New York, NY
    Antique Hanukkah lamp, cast brass, rivets, Algeria, circa 1880. Crescent-shaped back plate, with eight gates, a vase with flowers, apertures in veget...
    Category

    Antique Late 19th Century Algerian Religious Items

    Materials

    Brass

Recently Viewed

View All