Toy sewing machine; Germany; early 1900s
date: label: date made
content: early 1900s
notes: label: Description
content: Hand-crank, chain stitch toy sewing machine featuring a two-dimensional, black-painted body with gilt and green floral design on a rounded rectangular base. Bed plate stamped "MADE IN GERMANY" in sans serif letters.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Toys
label: Subject
content: Children
label: Subject
content: Girls
label: Subject
content: Sewing and Knitting
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
label: See more items in
content: Sewing Machines
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: John H. White, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0627.01
label: accession number
content: 1981.0627
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0627.0001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sewing Machine, Toy
label: Other Terms
content: Sewing Machine, Toy; Toys and Games
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron or steel (operational parts material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: gilt (decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 8 in x 2 in x 5 in; 20.32 cm x 5.08 cm x 12.7 cm