surface 5 is formed as a surface preventing sliding of the textile portion 1 clamped between the stretching surface elements 4 relative to the ironing device the stretching surface 5 and the textile portion 1 have a high adhesive friction number and a high sliding friction number when in contact and subject to the biasing force 9 the ironing device further comprises a holding device 10 through which the ironing device is temporarily introduced into a console 11 and held there during the process of introducing the textile portion 1 between the stretching surface elements 4 the holding device 10 is also utilized in a subsequent process for mounting the ironing device in a device for implementing the washing process and or drying process so that the ironing device and the textile piece 2 held by the ironing device are movable from e g a washing unit to a drying unit the console 11 is part of a placing device shown in fig1 which further comprises a support 16 in which the console 11 is provided and a table 17 which is only partly shown in fig1 the textile piece 2 is placed on the table 17 to clamp it into.