Singer treadle sewing machine cabinet table from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: early 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Singer Corporation, American, founded 1851
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: A Singer treadle sewing machine cabinet table from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The cabinet table has a cast iron base that supports a wooden worktable with seven drawers. The base features a large cross brace at the back with casted iron text at the center that reads [SINGER]. The brace is attached to legs on either side with small metal rollers at the bottom. The legs feature a lattice pattern and a double oval at the center of the legs that frames the Singer shuttle, needle, and thread logo. Molded text on the interior ovals read [THE SINGER MANFG. CO.] along the top half with a molded laurel wreath on the bottom half. At the base is a lattice ornamented treadle, which is connected to the band wheel with a pitman that turns the band wheel when the treadle is pressed. The base supports the cabinet’s reddish brown tabletop. The table with has three drawers on each side, a wide center drawer, and a hinged cover. The side drawers are narrow and plain with plain round pulls. The center drawer is also plain and is missing its pull. It tilts down across the front of the cabinet and has three sections with dividers inside. The cover is held in place with two hinges and folds out towards the proper left side, extending the length of the table. At the center of the tabletop, below the cover, is a rectangular slot with rounded corners and a metal bracket that holds the sewing machine in place. The front of the slot is also hinged and folds upwards giving access to the metal pan below.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.18.2.1
objectType: label: Type
content: work tables
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: varnish on wood with cast iron
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 30 5/16 × 36 5/8 × 17 in. (77 × 93 × 43.2 cm)