'Ideal' chain stitch sewing machine with lid

Made:
London
maker:
Salter and Company
'Ideal' chain stitch sewing machine with lid

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'Ideal' chain stitch sewing machine with lid
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'Ideal' chain stitch sewing machine with lid, using the looper principle first invented in 1859, and made c. 1911 by Salter and Co.

Details

Category:
Textiles Machinery
Object Number:
1965-137
Materials:
wood, sheet steel, chrome, cast steel and machined steel
Measurements:
overall: 170 x 130 x 280 mm
type:
chain stitch sewing machine
credit:
Lt. Col. J.G. Birch.