Wheeler & Wilson D9 Sewing Machine

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c. 1900

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Overview

The machine is powered mechanically by a foot treadle which is pushed back and forth by the operator’s foot, which is connected to the machine by a continuous leather belt.
The machine is mounted on a wood veneer tabletop, 810mm x 410mm x 20mm, supported on a black cast iron frame. The frame is 700mm high, 480mm wide and 430mm deep, and sits on four small non-swivelling metal wheels. ‘Wheeler & Wilson’ Bridgeport Conn. U.S.A., is cast into the frame. Next to the treadle is a cast iron flywheel 360mm in diameter.
A removable wooden drawer is cradled under the table top adjacent to the flywheel. The drawer is 330mm long, 115mm wide and 100mm deep, and is fitted with a horizontally mounted 65mm long turned wooden handle.
A wooden parquetry measuring line is embedded in the table top near the front edge. The line is 500mm long and is marked every one centimetre.
Note: It is of interest that the measuring line is marked out in centimetres, since in 1898, the U.S.A. and much of the world used the imperial ‘inch’ as the unit of measurement. At that time, it was mostly European countries that used the metric system.

Historical information

Wheeler & Wilson was an American company launched in the early 1850’s, during the life of the company, which lasted until the death of the partners in the late 19th century, they manufactured a total of nearly two million machines.

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cwa-org-124-2020.900

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Inscriptions and markings

D - 9
Serial No. 24444357
Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA