General Information

Serial #

2432

Part Number

1

Total Parts

8

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CAST IRON HEAD, ARM & CLOTH BED/ WOODEN TABLE TOP AND DRAWER/ CAST IRON STAND LEGS & TREADLE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

63.0 cm

Width

43.0 cm

Height

92.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Domestic Technology

Category

Textile working

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

RAYMOND

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Guelph

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

CHARLES RAYMOND ESTABLISHED GUELPH'S FIRST SEWINGMACHINE FACTORY IN 1862, AND FOR OVER 30 YEARS HIS FIRM WAS THE MAIN RIVAL OF R.M. WANZER & CO. RAYMOND PRODUCED BOTH CHAIN-STITCH & LOCK-STITCH MACHINES, &LIKE WANZER EXPORTED MANY MACHINES TO EUROPE. IN 1897 RAYMOND SOLD HIS CO. TO WHITESEWING MACHINE CO. OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, WHICH PRODUCED SEWING MACHINES UNDER THE RAYMOND MFG. CO. NAME UNTIL 1916 (REF.1, PP.14-15).

Function

MECHANICALLY JOINS OR ALTERS FABRIC OR OTHER MATERIALS, USING THREAD.

Technical

THIS MACHINE MAY BE AN EARLY VERSION OF THE FAMILY NO.1, PRODUCED AFTER 1880 (REF. 1, PP.13-14)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'CHAS RAYMOND' INCISED IN BOTH SHUTTLE SLIDES/ '2432' INCISED ON REVERSE OF LEFT SHUTTLE SLIDE

Missing

PULLEY ABSENT ON SEWING MACHINE PROPER/ LID IS MISSING FROM STAND

Finish

MACHINE & STAND PAINTED BLACK/ GOLD-TONE & RED DECALS APPLIED TO SEWING MACHINE/ TABLE TOP IS VARNISHED

Decoration

N/A