Pedal, control

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OBJECT TYPE: SEWING MACHINE ATTACHMENT
DATE: 1915–1925
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.1916.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: IRON AND SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 24.0 cm
Width: 11.0 cm
Height: 13.5 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: .1 PROBABLY USED FROM C. 1915 AND.2 FROM A SLIGHTLY LATER PERIOD
Canada: EXAMPLE OF SEWING MACHINE FOOT PEDALS USED IN CANADA
Function: USED, WHEN ATTACHED TO A SEWING MACHINE MOTOR, TO CONTROL THE SPEED OF THE MOTOR AND THUS THE SPEED OF THE SEWING MACHINE.
Technical: THESE FOOT PEDALS WERE DESIGNED TO BE CONNECTED TO, AND CONTROL THE SPEED OF, A SMALL PORTABLE MOTOR THAT WAS PUT NEXT TO THE WHEEL OF A DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE - INSTANT ELECTRIFICATION OF THE SEWING MACHINE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NO MARKINGS
Missing: APPEAR COMPLETE
Finish: .1 PAINTED GLOSS BLACK;.2 BASEPAINTED GLOSS BLACK; PEDAL SILVER
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Pedal, control, circa 1915–1925, Artifact no. 1992.1916, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/item/1992.1916.001/

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