Singer Sewing Machine: Museum Object and Cultural History
Singer Sewing Machine: Object Name: sewing machine. Physical Description: metal (overall material). Physical Description: black (overall color).
The object in the museum catalogue
In 1851 Isaac Merritt Singer formed the I.M. Singer & Company (later the Singer Sewing Machine Company) after inventing his own sewing machine to remedy a flaw he noticed with traditional models.
This Singer 24 chain stitch sewing machine was manufactured in 1910, and used in the Polan and Katz umbrella factory in Baltimore, MD.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Object Name: sewing machine
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Physical Description: black (overall color)
- Measurements: overall: 8 1/2 in x 11 in x 6 in; 21.59 cm x 27.94 cm x 15.24 cm
- ID Number: 2014.0054.01
- catalog number: 2014.0054.01
- accession number: 2014.0054
- serial number: G560997O
- Credit Line: Lina Liebhold
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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