WASHING MACHINE. METAL, ETC. SKRAT, MODEL P-7, LEONARD RYZNAR, CIRCA 1945.
Decorative Antiques - Miscellaneus
Reference: ZF0413
Washing machine. Metal, etc. SKRAT, model P-7, Leonard Ryznar, circa 1945. A metal washing machine with an electric motor that drives a circular container (a "drum"), which moves the clothes. It has a water inlet on the lower right side and several valves and levers, as well as four circular feet for better support on the floor and to prevent the machine from moving while in operation. Leonard Ryznar (or Rýznar) was the founder of the Skrat company, which produced several models similar to this one, very popular among those who could afford them in certain areas of Europe in the 20th century. As indicated on the machine itself, it is the P-7 model, produced around 1945. Around the beginning of the 19th century, several washing machines were developed, consisting of a wooden box into which the clothes were placed and a manually operated system that moved them. Another variation included machines with a drum in which the clothes were pressed to wring them out. Electric washing machines were not invented until the beginning of the 20th century (these appliances were already being advertised in the United States in 1904; apparently, the first one in Europe appeared somewhat later), becoming a mass-market appliance from the late 1940s to the early 1950s, and in developed Western Europe, an everyday appliance from around 1960.
· Size: 96x64x82 cms.
1.000 €
