Manual Vacuum Cleaner
Date1910-1915
Object NameVacuum Cleaner
Mediumsteel, wood, canvas
ClassificationsDomestic
DimensionsOverall: Height: 50 cm, Width: 43.5 cm, Depth: 21 cm
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS010563
Keywords
Wooden and fabric bellows designed to stand on the floor with what is presumably a footplate to hold the bellows still whilst pumping. The bellows is operated via a metal frame with an attachment on the top. A corrugated tube extends from the top of the bellows where a large metal plate is screwed bearing the initials B.V.C. At the end of the tube is a wooden head with bristles around the hole.
Blue diamond label on both the wooden faces of the bellows reads:
BY APPOINTMENT TO THE LATE KING EDWARD VII
B.V.C.
BRIVAC
MANUFACTURERS,
THE BRITISH VACUUM
CLEANER ENGINEERING CO. LD.
LONDON
S.W. 6
School of Domestic Science, The Robert Gordon University
mid 20th Century
c. 1911
19th Century
1960 - 1980
