Sewing machine attachment
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- OBJECT TYPE
- buttonholer
- DATE
- 1930–1935
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.1697.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- 36935
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- metal
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.0 cm
- Width
- 5.8 cm
- Height
- 5.7 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
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Believed used mid-1930s+
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
To cleanly and neatly cut and sew an opening in fabric through which a button may be inserted. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "PAT'D. MAY 23, 1916/ MADE IN U.S.A." and "36935" stamped into cloth bed. One scale marked "N" and "W", and labelled "CUTTING SPACE"; second scale marked "N" and "W", and labelled "DEPTH OF STITCH".
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Silver metal; selected components have blued finish.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Sewing machine attachment, after 1930–1935, Artifact no. 1995.1697, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1697.001/
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