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Many thanks; I think you'll find that this is a brush used for cleaning beds. It would probably have been slid between the mattress and frame, then moved back and forth and side to side. This explains (a) the handle's flat profile and (b) its length. If memory serves (and I'm over fifty, so hopefully it does!), one came into the collections when I was working at Salford Museums and Art Galleries in the 1980s and it had the remains of a descriptive (and legible) label stuck on the handle, which confirmed its purpose.

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Hopefully, said brush should still be in the collections!

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Jim Garretts.
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Hello,

 

I was wondering if anyone recognised the style of brush in the attached picture and if so, whether they could tell me what it’s used for?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Cat

 

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