Objektnummer
81/41
Ophav
Beskrivelse
Singer sewing machine model number 178-1 and serial/production number AE 973067, manufactured in 1938. The machine is a dull black colour with a textured surface. This industrial machine is for light tailoring work such as sewing on buttons. Part of the Barnett Collection (81/25-81/143) which illustrates the history of the sewing machine. Nothing is known about the history of this specific machine.
Fysisk beskrivelse
1 sewing machine: metal, wood, cotton yarn
Arkivhistorik
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: Sewing machine // Accession number: 81/41 // Classification: // Negative number: // Acquisition method: // Acquired from, date: Barnett Collection // Store: // Condition: // Recorder, date: DJE, 22.7.81 // Description: Singer sewing machine 178-1 // AE 9373067 // Dimensions: // Associated information: Removed from catalogue January 1968 // References:', Citation in publication [E.J. Barnett, ‘Sewing machines: a catalogue of the Barnett collection’ ([Reading]: University of Reading, 1982] - '69 // Singer 178-1 machine // A small button sewer, hand operated single thread chain-stitch. Not intended for production purposes, but used in laundries for replacing buttons that have come off in the wash.' (p.52), Barnett Collection Review (2011) - 'This is an industrial machine for light tailoring work and was made by the manufacturers Singer in the USA. The model name of this particular machine was '178-1'. It features a production/serial number: 'AE973067.', MERL Miscellaneous note - According to the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society website Singer's Elizabethport factory issued AE serial numbers from 1935-1938, and AE973067 was issued from 27 April 1938. [http://ismacs.net accessed 2017-12-01]., MERL Miscellaneous note - The sewing machine was arguably the first internationally mass marketed consumer good, and the Singer Manufacturing Company was predominantly responsible for this. Founded by travelling showman Isaac Singer in 1851, the American company flourished not because of its technical expertise but due to its innovative advertising and purchasing options. Notably, it invented hire purchase and part exchange. Its factory in Clydebank, Scotland, was one of the largest in the world, and produced machines not only for the UK but also globally. By 1912, 90% of sewing machines purchased outside the USA were Singer machines. Singer was the seventh largest company in the world at this time. [Added by Tim Jerrome for the Barnett project, 2022], MERL Miscellaneous note - TR BNT P2/B362: Designed for laundries and dry cleaners. An adjustment handle switches between two to four hole button sewing "with no delay". Could be purchased with "column stand 601504" and mounted for the sake of operational ease. A button tray is attached to each machine to allow quick switching between button sizes. [Added by Tim Jerrome for the Barnett project, 2023]
Produktionssted
Elizabethport
Produktionsdato
1938-04-27 - 1938
Objektnavn
Materiale
Mål
- Length 330 mm
- Width 275 mm
- Height 270 mm