Speaking of old sewing machines, can anyone suggest some resources that
might help me identify what I'm pretty sure is a treadle machine, removed
from its cabinet and converted to electricity?
It's NOT a Singer or any other brand I'd heard of before, and which I could
probably have identified without too much trouble. It's an Edison De Luxe,
made in Japan, and I've found absolutely nothing about that specific model
on the internet. It looks exactly like something I saw in an 1880s
advertisement--the only image of an Edison machine I could find--but it also
looks a lot like a Singer that the Singer company themselves dated to 1948
for someone on another list. When I first saw it, my instinct was
1910-1920s, but I'm not really basing that on anything solid--just a
feeling.
It's a $15 thrift store find, which I got since it looked very easy to
convert back to a treadle machine (and I've seen old cabinets sans machine
for sale cheap) but it's missing a few minor parts (like the little pole
that you stick the spool of thread on) and though I won't be disappointed if
it's a lot more recent than I think, I'd like to figure out at least enough
about it to be able to order replacements.
Also, it's a beauuuutiful machine! I'll quit being lazy and take some
pictures if anyone thinks they can help identify it.
-E House
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