Sewing machine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ROTARY HOOK/LOCK-STITCH/HAND-CRANK/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0754.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. Co.
- MODEL
- 8
- LOCATION
- Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 315003
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD & METAL (STEEL, CAST IRON)
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 41.0 cm
- Height
- 26.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Textile working
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Wheeler Wilson
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Connecticut
- City
- Bridgeport
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- FIRST HALF OF 20TH C.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
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Unknown - Technical
-
ALLEN B. WILSON MADE SEVERAL IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEV'T OF THE SEWING MACHINE: 1) THE LOCKSTITCH; 2) THE ROTARY HOOK; 3) THE STATIONARY BOBBIN; 4) THE 4-MOTION CLOTH FEED. ITEM 4) IS STILL USED TODAY ON ALL SEWING MACHINES IN ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED FORM. MACHINE HAS THE FAMOUS GLASS PRESSER FOOT PATENTED BY J.L. HYDE AND INTRODUCED ON ALL MACHINES FROM 1861. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCLUDE: PLATE 'WHEELER & WILSON/ BRIDGEPORT CONN./ PATENTED/ MARCH 5 18[78]/ [?]' & ENGRAVED '[?]315003' ANOTHER PLATE INCLUDES AN '8' SUPERIMPOSED OVER A 'W'
- Missing
- UNKNOWN
- Finish
- BLACK FINISH ON MACHINE WITH GOLD DECORATION, SILVER-TONE PTS, VARNISHED WOOD BASE
- Decoration
- HAS SCROLLS & FLORAL DECORATION ON BODY OF MACHINE
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Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. Co., Sewing machine, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1978.0754, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1978.0754.001/
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