Details

Object type

sewing machine

Artist/Maker

Willcox and Gibbs maker

Place Associated

United States of America, New York, Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Co (place associated); England, London (place associated); France, Paris (place associated)

Date

circa 1885

Materials

wood, metal

Dimensions

overall: 215 mm x 360 mm x 153 mm 4215 g

Description

Sewing machine by 'Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Co, New York, London Paris', portable type. Consists of an arched mid-section with a rectangular sewing plate at one end and a rotating section at the other, operated via a turned wooden handle.

ID Number

TEMP.27917

Location

In storage