Sewing Machine

Object/Artifact

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Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Sewing Machine

Entry/Object ID

1971.014.242 a-j

Description

Willcox & Gibbs "Automatic" Silent Sewing Machine. Small portable style machine on a hard wood base. Operated by wheel & handle on the side-leather belt. Wheel is perfectly balanced for smooth operation. Chrome-like "stitching plate" main body is painted black with gold trim. (b) Wooden box with metal handle on the top, one end has a hinged door with a knob. Machine fits inside. Door is apart in 3 pieces. Separate wooden cigar box with masking taped lid contains: (c) Paper containing 4 needles. (d) Oil Can with long spout with screw cap. (e) Metal wrench. (f) Attachment-guide-screw missing. (g) Metal wrench. (h) Attachment-hemmer or feller? (i) Attachment-quilter. (j) Leather belt (extra). Book of directions for this machine accessioned under 1976.14.127.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Lee-Wright, Miss

Notes

Accession Date: 01-Jan-71 Mode of Acquisition: gift

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

machine, sewing machine

Created By

Greenlee, Lucy

Create Date

May 29, 1996

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

May 15, 2025