
Health Chair
The Ironrite Ironer Co., Detroit, MIWW-1938-M003175
Catalogue
- Year
- 1938
- Dimensions
- 26 1/4 x 17 1/8 x 19 1/2" (66.7 x 43.5 x 49.5 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
Artist
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The Ironrite Ironer Co., Detroit, MI
The Ironrite Ironer Co. was an American manufacturer based in Detroit, Michigan, founded in 1911. The company produced commercial and domestic pressing equipment that became iconic fixtures of postwar American laundries and households. Ironrite's streamlined steel and chrome machines exemplified the industrial design aesthetics of mid-century manufacturing, combining functional engineering with a distinctive visual presence that reflected modernist principles of efficiency and form. The company's equipment remains a recognized artifact of American labor and domestic technology history.
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- 1938
- Dimensions
- 26 1/4 x 17 1/8 x 19 1/2" (66.7 x 43.5 x 49.5 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1938-M003175
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
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- Status
- verified