SEWING MACHINE: 'JONES' TREADLE

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1891 - 1905

Subcollections

Overview

(a) 'JONES' sewing machine with long shuttle. Belt is visible on side of wheel to which handle is attached. A little drawer holding a spare belt (d) swings out from centre front. Its wooden front is carved with a pattern of lines. A stylised pattern of golden and brown flowers, leaves and a few berries decorates the machine and its legs - the latter almost completely worn off. 'JONES' appears in gilt letters on the machine and in metal letters as part of the stand. (b) The wooden box-like lid has a wooden handle over a metal attachment and its four sides are each decorated with a row of beads. It is locked by means of a small key (c) with squared off tapering tip. (d) A length of leather thong with metal clips is stored in the drawer.

Historical information

The treadle machine was formerly owned by the donor's mother, Mrs. E. Doggett of 45 Hopetoun Tce, Shenton Park.

Machine serial number dates between 1891 and approximately 1905. Serial is 102606

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1994.157a-d

Item type

Objects

Material

Metal

Wood

Inscriptions and markings

102606

Contextual information

This treadle sewing machine was formerly owned by the donor's mother, Mrs. E. Doggett of 45 Hopetoun Tce, Shenton Park. These kinds of machines are operated by repeatedly treading on the foot pedal or ‘treadle’ to drive the needle in and out of the fabric.
The first treadle machines were invented in 1830 by a French tailor, Barthelmy Thimonnier. With a lucrative contract from the French government, he soon had 80 machines ready to go. Much to his disappointment, his factory was burnt down by local tailors who were fearful that the new machines would leave them unemployed.
The Jones Sewing Machine Company started in 1859 in the United Kingdom, proceeding to make sewing machines for almost 100 years. In 1968 the business was acquired by Brother Industries of Japan, but the Jones name still appeared on the machines till the late 1980s. The serial number of this machine (102606) dates it somewhere between 1891 and 1905, around the time that the electric sewing machine was invented by Singer in 1889.

Keywords

Hopetown Terrace [45], Shenton Park

Hopetown Terrace, Shenton Park

Decade - 1900's

Decade - 1890s

ARIS (nee Doggett) Doxie W

Year

1891 - 1905