Historic Sewing Machine

Identifier

2023.MVC.19.005

Title

Historic Sewing Machine

Creator

Unknown

Date

Unknown

Description

A historic sewing machine. There is no makers mark or serial number to indicate the provenance of the item. The machine appears to be made of iron or a similar metal, and there is a wooden handle on the crank. 

Contributor

Maria C. Vallejo

Type

Sewing Machine

Rights Holder

George A. Leinonen

Material

Iron

Measurements

N/A

Technique

N/A

A Note from the Contributor

Maria C. Vallejo: My sister and her husband once owned an antique furniture store in Los Angeles and sold mainly cast iron beds, brought by "pickers". My sewing machine, a gift from them, traveled in a picker's truck. The story goes that it is the original old prototype fabricated by a gentleman in Indiana, and it has no serial number. I broke the needle as I turned the crank.

Condition

Good

Citation

Unknown, “Historic Sewing Machine,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed June 25, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/35541.

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