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- OBJECT TYPE
- DOMESTIC/FLAT/170-NEEDLE
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0078.001
- MANUFACTURER
- TOHO KOGYO MFG.
- MODEL
- SISTER R-56 HIGH SPEED
- LOCATION
- Osaka, Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 21
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- EXCLUSIVELY OR PRIMARILY METAL CONSTRUCTION; SYNTHETIC FITTINGS./ PT CARDSTOCK BOX.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 85.0 cm
- Width
- 13.5 cm
- Height
- 5.5 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
- TOHO
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Osaka
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF MACHINE USED C. 1950S+
- Canada
-
THIS KNITTING MACHINE BROUGHT TO CANADA FOR USE IN A CANADIAN-JAPANESE HOUSEHOLD, AND DEMONSTRATES THE CONTINUITY OF TRADITIONAL DOMESTIC TASKS PRACTISED BY JAPANESE (AND OTHER) IMMIGRANTS TO CANADA. (REF. 1) - Function
-
TO MECHANICALLY JOIN TOGETHER WOOL AND/OR OTHER YARNS, IN ORDER TO PRODUCE GARMENTS, TRIMMINGS, BLANKETS AND OTHER ITEMS. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF FLAT KNITTING MACHINE DESIGNED FOR DOMESTIC USE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "Sister/ R-56" printed on plate fixed to machine front. Second plate bears Japonese text. "Sister" also appears in raised form on each endpiece. Needle guide marked 0-85 in increments of 10 (up to 80) and 5 (at each end).
- Missing
- Unknown.
- Finish
- METALLIC GREEN ENAMELLED FINISH; PALE PINK SYNTHETIC RULE/ PT BOX: BUFF-COLOURED HAS GREEN CROSS-HATCHED PATTERN
- Decoration
- N/A
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TOHO KOGYO MFG., Knitting machine, circa 1950, Artifact no. 2000.0078, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0078.001/
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