1845 - Elias Howe 'Trial' Sewing Machine Model
date: label: Date made
content: 1845
name: label: maker
content: Howe, Jr., Elias
notes: label: Description
content: This uncompleted brass model of Elias Howe's first sewing machine is believed to be a trial model abandoned by Howe in about 1845. It is one of six different trial models given to John Ames by Sarah FIsher (Mrs. Austin C. Wellington), daughter of George Fisher, original partner of Elias Howe.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Sewing Machines
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T06852.000
label: accession number
content: 115220
label: catalog number
content: T06852.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sewing Machine
label: Object Name
content: sewing machine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 9 in x 6 in; 27.94 cm x 22.86 cm x 15.24 cm