Victorian fabric fluters...
So, as much as I try to search I can't find an answer to this question online.
The Geneva iron fluters for fabric - I see they are used with starch to add cute flutes (ridges/tiny pleats) to fabric... but it seems they would wash right out with laundering, wouldn't they? So did women actually re-flute their fabric every time they washed it? If so, I'd imagine it could be tough to get a cuff around the fluter unless it was designed to open up and lay flat? http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-1866-genevia-fluter-antique-74796591
The Geneva iron fluters for fabric - I see they are used with starch to add cute flutes (ridges/tiny pleats) to fabric... but it seems they would wash right out with laundering, wouldn't they? So did women actually re-flute their fabric every time they washed it? If so, I'd imagine it could be tough to get a cuff around the fluter unless it was designed to open up and lay flat? http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-1866-genevia-fluter-antique-74796591