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MANUAL - SINGER AUTOMATIC ZIG-ZAG ATTACHMENT

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c. 1960

Overview

Sixteen page booklet showing the components of and detailing the operation of the attachment. The cover is red and green with white lettering [SINGER / Automatic / ZIG-ZAG / Attachment / 160990]. Company logo bottom right corner. On back is information about the attachment. In the top right corner is a white circle with the illustration of a shop window showing sewing machines.

Historical information

This zig-zag pattern attachment was manufactured in Switzerland by the Singer Sewing Machine Company in the 1950s. It was designed to attach to older sewing machines, that could only do straight stitch, allowing them to now do a slanting or zig-zag stitch.
The attachment was owned by Mrs Bower who used the attachment on her Davies Sewing Machine (AK1975.111). The Davies Sewing Machine was manufactured in Dayton Ohio in the United States of American between 1868 and 1924.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2009.87C

Item type

Handcrafts

Themes

Social History

Material

Paper

Width

98 mm

Height or length

99 mm

Inscriptions and markings

At bottom of front book [THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY] Above this is the Singer logo which is a red S with white text on it [SINGER / SEWING / MACHINES]. The S is in a white oval and sits over the illustration of a women using a sewing machine at a desk.

Keywords

SWITZERLAND

CARLISLE, Perth

SINGER SEWING MACHINE Co

BOWERS Mr

Place made

Switzerland

Year

c. 1960

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Well provenanced