Plate, feed cover
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1950–1955
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2014.0349.008
- MANUFACTURER
- Singer
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 8
- Total Parts
- 9
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal feed cover plate.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.1 cm
- Width
- 7.6 cm
- Height
- 1.0 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
- Singer
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Used by donor's mother from the 1950s until 2011.
- Canada
-
Used by the donor's mother. - Function
-
Fastened over a sewing machine's feed dogs to prevent them from interfering with the buttonholer. - Technical
-
(From worksheet, ref.1): "Singer part no. 160506, designed to fit low, vertical shank Singer sewing machines. Uses templates. Came with a green plastic “treasure chest” type of box, and was also available in a rarer black box. The donated item is in the green case.". - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None apparent
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Polished silver-coloured metal plate with a polished metal screw.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Singer, Plate, feed cover, between 1950–1955, Artifact no. 2014.0349, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2014.0349.008/
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