sewing revolution: the machine that changed the world

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EXHIBIT CATALOG
SEWING REVOLUTION:
THE MACHINE THAT CHANGED THE
WORLD
Jamie H. Eves
Michael Palmer
FALL 2008
WINDHAM TEXTILE AND HISTORY MUSEUM
411 Main Street, Willimantic, CT, 06226
(860) 456-2178 [email protected]
www.millmuseum.org
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I: HOME SEWING MACHINES FROM THE
WINDHAM TEXTILE AND HISTORY MUSEUM’S OWN COLLECTION
Manufacturer: American
Buttonhole
Date: 1870
Place: Philadelphia, PA
Description: Lockstitch
Type: Cabinet-table
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: W-21
Same
Manufacturer: Bartlett
Date: 1867-68
Place: New York, NY
Description: Chainstitch
Type: Freestanding
Power: Hand operated
Accession No.: W-19
3
Manufacturer: Domestic
Date: 1876
Place: New York, NY
Type: Head
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: W-46
Manufacturer: Elna
Date:
Place: Switzerland
Description:
Type: Freestanding
Power: Electric
Accession No.: O-17
Manufacturer: Finkle and Lyon
Date: 1871
Place: Middletown, CT
Type: Cabinet-table
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: W-25
4
Manufacturer: Florence
Date: 1867
Place: Florence, MA
Type: Head
Accession No.: W-24
Manufacturer: Gold Medal
Date: pre-1882
Place: Orange, MA
Description:
Type: Head
Accession No.: O-9
5
Manufacturer: Howe
Date: 1872
Place: Bridgeport, CT
Type: Cabinet-table
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: W-30
Same
Manufacturer: Howe
Date: 1869
Type: Cabinet-table
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: W-34
6
Manufacturer: Johnson & Clark
Date: 1876
Place: Orange, MA
Type: Cabinet-table
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: W-2
Same
Manufacturer: Johnson & Clark
Date: c. 1870
Place: Orange, MA
Type: Chainstitch
Description: Freestanding
Accession No.: W-41
7
Manufacturer: Nettleton & Raymond
Date: 1857-58
Place: Brattleboro, VT
Type: Freestanding
Accession No.: W-4
Date: 1860
Type: Freestanding
Accession No.: W-5
Date: 1860
Description: Plain loop
Type: Freestanding
Accession No.: W-6
8
Date: 1860
Type: Freestanding
Accession No.: W-7
Manufacturer: New Home
Date:
Place: Orange, MA
Description:
Type: Cabinet-table
Power:
Accession No.: O-8
Date: c. 1880
Place: Orange, MA
Type: Head
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: W-45
9
Date: 1887
Place: Orange, MA
Type: Head
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: W-47
Date: c. 1890
Place: Orange, M A
Type: Head
Power: Electric
Accession No.: W-48
Manufacturer: New Home Ruby
Date: c. 1890
Place: Orange, MA
Type: Head
Power: Electric
Accession No.: W-49
10
Manufacturer: Norwood (Standard)
Date: 1884-1931
Place: Cleveland, OH
Description:
Type: Cabinet-table
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: O-7
Same
Manufacturer: Remington
Date: 1871
Type: Cabinet-table
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: W-29
11
Same
Manufacturer: Remington
Date: c. 1870
Type: Head
Power:
Accession No.: W-56
Manufacturer: Singer
Date: 1868
Place: Elizabeth, NJ
Type: Cabinet-table
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: W-13
12
Same
Date:
Place:
Description:
Type: Cabinet-table
Power: Electric
Accession No.: O-3
Same
13
Date:
Place:
Description:
Type: Cabinet-table
Power: Electric
Accession No.: O-4
Same
Date:
Place:
Description:
Type: Cabinet-table
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: O-5
14
Same
Date:
Place:
Description:
Type: Cabinet-table
Power: Electric
Accession No.: O-6
Same
15
Date:
Place:
Description:
Type: Cabinet-table
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: O-12
Same
Manufacturer: Singer Spartan
Date: c. 1870
Place: England
Type: Head
Power:
Accession No.: W-43
16
Date: c. 1890
Place: New York, NY
Type: Head
Power:
Accession No.: W-50
Date: 1878
Place: New York, NY
Type: Head
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: W-51
Date:
Place:
Description:
Type: Cabinet-table
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: O-2
17
Same
Date:
Place:
Description:
Type: Freestanding (on wooden
base)
Power:
Accession No.: O-10
Date:
Place:
Description:
Type: Head
Power:
Accession No.: O-11
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Date:
Place:
Description:
Type: Free standing (on
wooden base)
Power: Electric
Accession No.: O-13
Date:
Place:
Description:
Type: Head
Power:
Accession No.: O-14
Date:
Place:
Description:
Type: Freestanding (on
wooden base)
Power:
Accession No.: O-15
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Manufacturer: Shaw & Clark
Date: c. 1870
Place: Chicopee Falls, MA
Type: Freestanding
Accession No.: W-42
Manufacturer: Wallace Special
Date: 1875
Place: New York, NY
Type: Head
Power:
Accession No.: W-52
Manufacturer: Weed
Date: 1867
Place: Hartford, CT
Type: Cabinet-table
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: W-28
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Same
Manufacturer: James Weir
Date: 1872
Place: London, England
Type: Freestanding
Accession No.: W-20
Manufacturer: Wheeler & Wilson
Date: 1879
Type: Cabinet-table
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: W-16
21
Same
Date: 1875
Type: Cabinet-table
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: W- 33
Same
22
Date: 1872
Type: Cabinet-table
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: W-15
Note: Glass pressure foot attachment allows seamstress
to observe the stitching and to produce very close
edge stitching
Same
Date: 1876
Type: Freestanding
Power:
Accession No.: W-39
23
Date: 1900
Type: Head
Power:
Accession No.: W-54
Date: 1880
Type: Head
Power:
Accession No.: W-57
Manufacturer: White
Date: 1881
Type: Cabinet-table
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: W-26
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Same
Manufacturer: White
Peerless
Date: 1876
Type: Chainstitch
Description: Head
Accession No.: W-44
Manufacturer: White Rotary
Date: 1890
Type: Chainstitch
Description: Head
Power:
Accession No.: W-53
25
Manufacturer: White
Date:
Type:
Description: Table-cabinet
Power:
Accession No.: O-1
Same:
Manufacturer: White
Date:
Type:
Description: Freestanding on base
that may have been part of a
table
Power: Electric
Accession No.: O-23
26
Manufacturer: White Rotary
Date:
Type:
Description: Freestanding on wooden
base
Power: Electric
Accession No.: O-28
Manufacturer: White
Date: c. 1880
Type: Lockstitch
Description: Cabinet-table
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: W-31
Same
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Manufacturer: Wilcox & Gibbs
Date: 1894
Place: New York, NY
Type: Chainstitch
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: W-12
Same
Date: 1887
Place: New York, NY
Type: Chainstitch
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: W-32
28
Same
Date: 1877
Place: New York, NY
Type: Chainstitch
base
Accession No.: W-11
Date: 1880
Place: New York, NY
Type: Chainstitch
Power: Hand operatated
Accession No.: W-35
29
Date: 1898
Place: New York, NY
Type: Chainstitch
Description: Head
Power:
Accession No.: W-55
Date: c. 1885
Place: New York, NY
Type: Chainstitch
Description: Freestanding, in box
Power: Electric
Accession No.: O-16
Manufacturer: Wilcox &
Gibbs
Date: 1885
Place: New York, NY
Type: Chainstitch
Power: Electric
Accession No.: W-60
30
Date:
Place: New York, NY
Type:
Accession No.: O-18
Date: c. 1885
Place: New York, NY
Type:
Power: Electric
Accession No.: O-29
II. ADDENDA: MORE HOME SEWING MACHINES FROM THE WTHM COLLECTION
Manufacturer: Graybar
Date:
Place:
Type:
box, which appears to fit into table
Power:
Accession No.: O-25
31
Manufacturer: Necchi
Date:
Place: Italy
Type:
Power: Electric
Accession No.: O-26
Same
Date: 1860
Type: Lockstitch
Accession No.: W-36
32
Manufacturer: Sears Kenmore
Date:
Place:
Type:
Power: Electric
Accession No.: O-30
Date: 1880
Place: New York, NY
Type: Chainstitch
Description: Head
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: W-59
Date:
Place:
Type:
Accession No.: O-19
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Manufacturer: Singer Featherweight
Date: 1940
Place:
Type:
Power: Electric
Accession No.: O-20
Date:
Place:
Type:
base
Power: Electric
Accession No.: O-21
Date:
Place:
Type:
base
Power: Electric
Accession No.: O-22
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Date:
Place:
Type:
Description: Head
Power: Electric
Accession No.: O-24
Date:
Place:
Type:
Description: Head
Power: Electric
Accession No.: O-27
III. TOY SEWING MACHINES FROM THE WTHM COLLECTION
Manufacturer: Unknown
Date: c. 1880
Place: Germany
Type: Chainstitch
Accession No.: W-40
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Same
Manufacturer: Gem
Date: c. 1879
Place: Unknown
Type: Freestanding
Accession No.: W-27
Manufacturer: Spenser
Date: c. 1900
Place:
Type: Chainstitch
Accession No.: W-37
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IV. INDUSTRIAL SEWING MACHINES FROM THE WTHM COLLECTION
Manufacturer: Chandler
Date: Post-1905
Place: New York, NY
Type: Buttonholer
Power:
Accession No.: O-32
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Manufacturer: Dinsmore
Date:
Place: Salem, MA (?)
Type:
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: O-31
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Date:
Place:
Type:
Description: Welded to metal stand
Power: Treadle
Accession No.: O-33
Date:
Place:
Type:
Description: Table
Power: Electric
Accession No.: O-34
Provenance: Prob. from testing dept. at
American Thread Company, Willimantic,
CT
Same
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Manufacturer: Singer/Wilcox &
Gibbs
Date:
Place:
Type:
Description: Table
Power: Electric
Accession No.: O-35
Provenance: Prob. from testing
dept. of American Thread
Company, Willimantic, CT
Same
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V. INDUSTRIAL SEWING MACHINES ON LOAN FROM MERROW SEWING MACHINE COMPANY
Manufacturer: Merrow
Date: c. 1892
Place: Hartford, CT (but has Norwich, CT,
imprinted on side)
Type: Overlock
Power: Driven by overhead belts
Serial No.: 2508
Date: c. 1875 (survived fire)
Place: Merrow, CT
Type: Overlock single thread
crocheter
Power: hand operated
Date: 2007
Place: Wareham, MA (but has
Newington, CT, imprinted on
side)
Type:
Power: Motor
Style No.: M-D3B-2
Serial No.: 267913
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Date: 1902 (but in 1928 equipped with
new parts to produce wider finish than
originally attempted)
Place: Hartford, CT
Type:
Power: Motor
Serial No.: 3104
Date: c. 1930 (earlier model of blue
machine above)
Place: Hartford, CT
Type:
Power: Motor
Style No.: 60 YM
Serial No.: 92930
Manufacturer: Merrow Facinator
Date: c. 1890
Place: Merrow, CT
Type: First oversized overlock industrial
sewing machine ever made
Description: Freestanding, on wooden
Base
Style No.: 70-D3B-2
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bays, Carter. The Encyclopedia of Early American and Antique Sewing Machines: Identification
and Values. 3d ed. Paducah, KY: Collector Books, 2007.
Brandon, Ruth. A Capitalist Romance: Singer and the Sewing Machine. Philadelphia, PA: J. B.
Lippincott, 1977.
Cooper, Grace Rogers. The Sewing Machine: Its Invention and Development. 2d ed. Washington,
DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1976.
Groves, Sylvia. The History of Needlework Tools and Accessories. Feltham, UK: Country Life
Books, 1966.
Head, Carol. Old Sewing Machines. Aylesbury, UK: Shire Publications, 1982.

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