One stove was used by the pressers and the cook.
"White Slaves"
Louis A Banks
There were sewing-machines on the ground- floor, the cutters and pressers worked in the middle stories, and at the top were the finishers.
"Marm Lisa"
Kate Douglas Wiggin
In 1749, combinations to advance wages, decrease hours of work, or regulate prices were declared void for journeymen dyers, journeyman hot pressers, all wool workers, brickmakers and tilemakers, journeymen servants, workmen, laborers, felt and hat makers, and silk, linen, cotton, iron, leather, and fur workers in and around London.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly