Where do ironing boards come from? What are they used for?

Answer 1

Catherine Beecher described, in 1841, what appears to be the shaped ironing board known today.

1898, the skirt board came equipped with legs that could be taken down and enabled the board to be set up anywhere.

1914, an inventor named Springer devised a table with three support points that was easier to set up.

All these events were in USA, therefore, we could surmise that they came from America.

They're used to iron your clothes upon.

Merry Christmas!!!!

Answer 2

Clothing and linens were pressed on table tops or large pieces of board that were covered with padding, pillowcases, or ironing blankets until nearly 1900.

Some housekeeping advisors of the nineteenth century urged women to use large boards that could be placed between a table and a chair back that they could pad and iron upon. One advisor named Catherine Beecher described in 1841 what appears to be the shaped ironing board known today. She recommended that this wooden form be cut wide on one side and narrower on the other and referred to this type of ironing board as a skirt board. Of course, this was the era before electric irons and sad irons were used with these ironing boards. These heavy cast irons were heated at the hearth or on wood or coal burning stoves and the heavy, hot iron pressed out stubborn wrinkles.

Manufacturers quickly caught on to the notion of offering skirt boards ready-made by the late nineteenth century. By about 1898, the skirt board came equipped with legs that could be taken down and enabled the board to be set up anywhere. These early manufactured ironing boards had a leg in each corner that could be unfolded but were difficult to manipulate. By 1914, an inventor named Springer devised a table with three support points that was easier to set up. These early manufactured tables were of wood that was supposed to resist warping although they still warped. Early manufacturers made metal-top boards but they often rusted despite painting. Some buckled under the heat of the iron. The J. R. Clark Company of Minneapolis began making metal tops of mesh which permitted steam to escape and prevent buckling and rusting. By 1940, a few manufacturers were producing all-metal collapsible ironing boards. Soon thereafter all were made entirely of metal. The design of the ordinary, collapsible metal ironing board has changed little over the ensuing decades.

Isn't the story of the ironing board simply fascinating???!!!

Answer 3

They come from Brazil where 10 year olds make them. Jean-Claude Van Damme recently went to Brazil and entered the Kuma-Tai Championships, won, and rescued all the 10 year old Brazilians from slave labor.

Now Walmart makes them in an undeground lair.

Answer 4

oh.oh........ I know this one. My father is a carpenter and he uses them to iron boards. His came from K Mart.

Answer 5

You must be a sloppy dresser if you have never ironed your clothing. Youi're kidding right?

Answer 6

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Answer 7

way back many eons ago, clothes used to need "ironed" - that is straightened out. Today, our clothes either don't need it, or we just wear them wrinkled.

Answer 8

You are just SOOOO cute. Join the military and you'll find out.

Answer 9

they are surf boards for pixies