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Women at work provided inspiration for many artists but sure you will be surprised how many artists had painted woman ironing and how they depicted them more than once
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Ironing mangle board old method of ironing linens Sam Uhrdin (Swedish, 1886-1964) «Allmogeinteriör med manglande kulla» (Rustic Interior with mangle board) 1944 4
Mangling boards were originally used for ironing clothing, before being discarded for the flat iron
Norwegian mangle boards Mangles were widespread throughout Europe before the nineteenth century Antique Swedish mangle board
Mangle boards or mangletraer are objects often found in Scandinavian homes. Each of the Scandinavian countries has its own version of these beautifully carved pieces. Many times they are associated with personal meaning or significance to the owner
While their primary intent was to be used for smoothing linens, they were commonly given by a man to his future bride as a gift of betrothal. Due to their association with such significant occasions, they were very often heavily decorated both with carvings and paint
Detail of the handle of a manglebraetter made in Denmark, dated 1792
Ramón Frade (Puerto Rican, 1875-1954) La planchadora (The Ironing Maid) 1948
Jacques Vallery-Radot (1910-2001) La Repasseuse Alfio Vinicio Gigli (Italian, 1932) Ritratto di Mafalda che stira
Marcello Boccacci (Italian,1914-1996) La stiratrice Palazzo Romagnoli - Collezioni del Novecento - Forlì
Orlando Donadi (Italian, 1943) La Stiratrice Chiara Del Guerra La stiratrice
Duccio Guidotti (Italian, 1920-2010) Laura che stira 1958 Iginio Sartori (1903-1984) La stiratrice
Eileen Georgas (Poland/American, 1960) Ironing with Degas Eileen Georgas Downstairs
Louis Galliac (French, 1849-1934) Ironing Emile Robellaz (Suisse, 1844-1882) La Repasseuse
Giovanni Panza (Italian, 1894-1989) La stiratrice
Giovanni Panza (Italian, 1894-1989) La stiratrice
Giovanni-Napoleone Pellis (Italian, 1888-1962) La stiratrice Hubert Arthur Finney (English, 1905-1991) Woman ironing
Manolo Ruiz Pipo (Spanish, 1929–1998) La repasseuse Graziella Zanaboni La stiratrice, 1982
Liana Sotgiu (Italian, 1910 - 2013) La stiratrice 1952
Stefano Galli La stiratrice 2015 Stefania Protopapa La stiratrice 2007
Tibor Duray (Hungarian, 1912 - 1988) «Neighbor» 1935 Tailor's stove
Isaac Soyer (American, 1902 – 1981) The Laundress 1935 The Art Institute of Chicago
James Fuller Queen (1821-1886) Drawing showing woman-ironing by gas or candlelight Library of Congress
Jane Barrow - Ironing Day Igor Ershov (Russia, 1916 - 1985) Little daughter Xenia ironing 1950
William John Wood (Canadian, 1877-1954) A Woman Ironing 1922 Yaroslav V. Titov (Russia, 1906 - 2000) Ironing 1928
Ismael Fuentes (Spanish, 1981) Woman ironing 2009
Jean Dubuffet (French 1901~1985) Woman Ironing a Shirt 1951 The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) NY Nikolai Kupreyanov 1921
Max Kahn (American, born Russia, 1902-2005) Woman Ironing, 1937 Lithograph on paper The Art Institute of Chicago Julius Tanzer (American, 1905-1963) Woman ironing
Max Liebermann (German, 1847 - 1935) Ironing Woman Max Liebermann (German, 1847 - 1935) A Woman Ironing
William Margetson (British, 1861–1940) Come and help, 1915
María José Aguilar Gutiérrez (Spanish, 1964) Dos salves, un padre nuestro y la gracia de tus manos
Nina Y. Simonovic-Efimova (Russian, 1877-1948) Maiden 1911
Tailor's stove Juan Manuel Vázquez Iglesias (Cuba, 1953) La planchadora 2010
Boris Nepomnyashchi (Ukraine, 1945) Irons, pastel
Roger Toulouse (French, 1918-1994) Table de repasseuse - Ironing table 1947 Vladimir Ovchinnikov (Russia, 1941) Red Iron Russian State Museum
Ian Schoenherr Mouse Ironing
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