Singer Track Sewing Machine

Object/Artifact

Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

Name/Title

Singer Track Sewing Machine

Entry/Object ID

1993.06.01

Description

Large Singer Track sewing machine used by carpet factories to sew lengths of carpet together (Before broadloom) Instructions for use: 1. Carpets must have a selvager 2. Cut carpets to desired length 3. Carpets with pattern design on them mush be matched before sewing. 4. Two strips of carpet must have face of carpet together to be inserted in machine for sewing. 5. Sewing head must be at the farthest point of left hand side when facing machine. 6. Carpet slevedge edges are lifted up into sewing head and placed on the sewing guide. 7. Holding clamp is pulled down to secure carpet in place, then in sequence, pull each handle down to secure whale strips of carpet 8.The back selvedge edge of carpet must be slightly higher than front edge, (approx 1/4 edge) 9. Now it is ready to turn the power on to the sewing machine head. 10. Press the start lever on the sewing head. The sewing machine will travel on track till the end of the carpet strip where last clamp is pulled down. 11. Clamps placed in position are what determines how far machine head will travel 12. To release, lift one handle and all handles lift.

Use

Used in Mr.Potters factory

Collection

Textile Industry

Cataloged By

Murray, Pam

Made/Created

Place

Location

Bancroft

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Maker's Mark: Singer written on the legs.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Machine, Sewing

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Machine, Needlework

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Needleworking Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Textileworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Sewing, Sewing equipment & supplies, Sewing machines, Sewing machine industry, Carpets, Textile industry, Textile machinery, Textile mill workers

Search Terms

Carpet Industry

Location

Room

Wool Hall Gallery

Building

M.V.T.M.

Date

November 7, 2023

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Notes

Exhibit Start: 2011-06-08

General Notes

Note

Notes: Has been assigned the wrong object ID on the label in the Wool Hall Gallery Status: OK Status By: Murray, Pam Status Date: 2010-07-17

Created By

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Create Date

July 17, 2010

Updated By

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Update Date

November 11, 2023