Foot Warmer

Clara Barton National Historic Site, National Park Service
Glen Echo, MD, United States

This foot warmer is a metal container with carpet on top that could be filled with some hot coals from a stove or fireplace fire. The foot warmer would have most likely been placed in front of Clara Barton’s chair under her desk as it is exhibited today. A coal burning stove is behind her desk. This foot warmer is not original but Clara Barton may have had one like it.

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Title: Foot Warmer
Contributor: Clara Barton National Historic Site National Park Service
Original Source: http://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/clba/exb/Homelife/PersonalBelongings_Dinnerware/CLBA2339_footWarmer.html
Source: Clara Barton National Historic Site
National Park Service Catalog Number: CLBA 2339
Measurements: L 36.5, W 18.9, H 8.5 cm
Materials: Metal, fabric
Date: c 1885

Clara Barton National Historic Site, National Park Service

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