MACHINE, SEWING - FRISTER & ROSSMANN
c. 1900 - 1940Sewing machine of the traditional shape made from cast iron painted black with gold floral pattern over body and machine bed.
The machine has a hand cranking mechanism attached to the machine pulley to provide operating movement although there is provision for a treadle belt drive with holes in the base to allow access. Thumb screw in a slot on the upright arm above the bobbin winder provide a cloth feed adjustment when sewing.
A bobbin winder is attached to the upright arm to connect with the machine pulley.
The wooden base is a rectangular hollow box section with a recessed storage pit at the right hand end beneath the drive mechanism. The slotted lid retainers on the long sides are intact although the narrow end piece is missing. It has a metal hinge plate at the upright arm end to retain cover with a lock plate at the sewing head end to catch the cover lock.
On the leading edge of the base is a graduated scale with the manufacturers name .
Frister & Rossmann, Berlin, was founded in 1864 and made award winning sewing machines which were very popular in Australia. This one was purchased before the start of World War One and was originally used in Queensland by the Barrymore family before being brought to Western Australia some time after World War One. When the war began, businesses selling these sewing machines would remove all German related markings, although this did not prevent sales from plummeting as people avoided German made products. During the war Frister & Rossmann, like many other manufacturing business transformed their factories to manufactured weapons for the German army.
After the war the company returned to making sewing machines and in 1920 was once again exporting their machines around the world. The company was dissolved in 1929 and in 1945 the brand name was sold to a British company.
Details
Details
Name painted on the horizontal arm [FRISTER & ROSSMANN] on the machine bed [TRADE MARK / stylised F & R / BER / 1281059] oval plate on upright arm [MANUFACTURED in GERMANY BY FRISTER & ROSSMANN / TRADE MARK stylised F & R / Sole Agent / W.Pierssene / 49 Fore St. / London / E.C.]
This object is part of collection with good provenance and or interpretive potential that tells the story of the City of Armadale's connection to armed conflicts around the world from the late 1800s to today. The collection explores the experiences of people associated with the City of Armadale who went to war, their experiences when they returned as well as how these conflicts impacted the community who stayed behind.
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