Номер объекта
81/34
Создатель
Описание
Lewis sewing machine for blind stitching. The machine produces a lock-stitch only visible on one side of the textile. It features a production/serial number: 162174A. 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.
Invented in the early 19th century, the sewing machine sped up the process of making clothes both domestically and commercially. Within the home, it reduced the amount of time women spent tailoring clothes for their families, enabling them to craft more garments for sale. Due to the sewing machine, the clothing industry flourished, with different fashions becoming available for the middle classes. However, workers did not see an increase in wages and they suffered in dreadful working conditions. The demand for better wages formed an important arm of the suffragette movement.
Физическое описание
1 sewing machine: metal, wood
Архивная история
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: Sewing Machine // Accession number: 81/34 // Classification: // Negative number: // Acquisition method: // Acquired from, date: Barnett Collection // Store: // Condition: // Recorder, date: DJE, 21.7.1981 // Description: Lewis sewing machine Durkopp // Dimensions: // Associated information: // References: Barnett Collection Catalogue No. 65b', Citation in publication [E.J. Barnett, ‘Sewing machines: a catalogue of the Barnett collection’ ([Reading]: University of Reading, 1982] – '65a // Lewis Blind-stitch machine // This type of machine makes a lock-stitch which is visible only on one side of the material, producing a similar effect to the 9C1 (no. 70 [81/118]) but with much greater durability. The first picture shows the wide bed and the second the narrow bed. // 65b // Narrow bed version' (p.49), Barnett Collection Review (2011) - 'This machine was made in the USA and was manufactured by Lewis. It is a blind-stitcher for sewing hems where you do not want the seam to be visible. All machines of this type in England were imported as nobody here made this kind of device. It may be characterised as an industrial machine that exhibits a high degree of specialisation. In this respect it should be compared with MERL 81/33, which represents a slightly lesser degree of specialisation. It features hand-carved graffiti etched into its painted surface, which reads 'H. SCH' [?]. It also features a production/serial number: 162174A. This machine appears to have been formerly catalogued on the MERL OLIB database as a Dürkopp machine, this being a German manufacturer. There is no evidence of Dürkopp branding on the machine. It is possible that Dürkopp patented the mechanism and Lewis bought the rights but this would need to be confirmed by further research.'
Место изготовления
United States of America
Наименование
Материал
Размерность
- Height 470 mm
- Length 510 mm
- Depth 210 mm