1862 - Mrs. Tom Thumb's Sewing Machine; Wheeler & Wilson
date: label: date made
content: 1862
name: label: owner
content: Thumb, Tom
label: owner
content: Bump, Lavinia Warren
label: maker
content: Wheeler and Wilson Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Miniature sewing machine and cabinet; cabinet decorated with six panel paintings and inlaid with mother-of-pearl depicting wedding of Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren Bump, their carriage ride in Central Park, patriotic panels of each of them with the American flag, and the back panels show a woman sewing by hand and then sewing using a Wheeler and Wilson Sewing Machine. All sides of the case protecting the sewing machine head have painted decorations: an American Eagle is painted on the front; on the right side a cherub with crossed arms; on the left side a cherub resting his chin on a hand; and the Wheeler and Wilson factory is shown on the back. Inside the cabinet are five drawers with ivory knobs containing sewing bobbins, four glass presser feet, one package of five needles, one wrench and one attachment guide The flywheel and other parts within the cabinet are silver-plated. Two separate foot shaped treadles measure a tiny 7 1/2"L x 2"W.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Bridgeport
label: made at
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Sewing Machines
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content: Victorian Needlework
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Family of Elizabeth Quelle Jones and George E. Jones, Sr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0109.01
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0109.01
label: accession number
content: 1992.0109
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sewing machine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 in x 22 in x 16 in; 68.58 cm x 55.88 cm x 40.64 cm