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69/262
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[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
DEACCESSIONED. Please note that this object no longer forms part of the Museum of English Rural Life collection, and so cannot be accessed at our institution.
A hand-operated Singer 'New Family' sewing machine with black and gold decoration on a wooden base. The machine has serial number 6704635 and factory number 159335, dating it to 1885. The Museum holds no further information about the machine. DEACCESSIONED.
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
1 sewing machine: metal, wood
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – ‘CRAFTS Textile clothing sewing // 69/262 // SEWING MACHINE // [pencil drawing] // Black with gold decoration // Hand operated // Wooden base (mahongony?)', MERL miscellaneous note - According to the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society website Singer's factory issued serial number 6705635 in 1885. [http://ismacs.net accessed 2018-01-09].
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1885 - 1885
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[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- Height 250 mm
- Length 440 mm
- Depth 235 mm
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_14415.tif - High resolution image