Sewing machine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ROTARY HOOK/CHAIN-STITCH/HAND-CRANK
- DATE
- 1860
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0370.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON, AND OTHER METALS/ WOODEN BASE.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 32.0 cm
- Width
- 21.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- Willcox Gibbs
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
MECHANICALLY JOINS OR ALTERS FABRIC, USING THREAD. - Technical
-
WILLCOX AND GIBBS PRODUCED SMALL, INEXPENSIVE MACHINES (WHICH SOLD FOR @ 1/2 PRICE OF OTHERS ON THE MARKET) OF RELATIVELY GOOD QUALITY. THEY WERE VERY POPULAR FOR MANY YEARS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'WILLCOX & GIBBS/ SEWING MACHINE/ CO./ LONDON' AND 'UNDER ROYAL LETTERS PATENT/ DATED JULY 15TH 1857/ MARCH 21, 1860/ MANUF [?]/ JAMES WILLCOX/NEW YORK' INCISED BENEATH LION, UNICORN AND CROWN LOGO ON CLOTH BED.
- Missing
- NONE EVIDENT.
- Finish
- MACHINE BODY HAS BLACK ENAMEL FINISH; SELECTED METAL COMPONENT PARTS ARE SILVER COLOURED/ BASE PAINTED BLACK.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Co., Sewing machine, after 1860, Artifact no. 1968.0370, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0370.001/
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