Sewing machine

A treadle sewing machine, mounted in a cabinet, which is equipped with one drawer, and connected to a treadle pad. The cabinet base, into which the grilled treadle pad is built, is a structure of four iron legs stabilized by a wrought iron brace. A leather treadle belt is connected to the pad and passes over the machine's stop-motion wheel. According to its serial number, this machine was manufactured in 1906. The brand name, Singer, can be seen etched in gold paint on the machine, and in the worked iron of the treadle brace. The sewing was accomplished and the needle activated through left heel-right toe feet movements carried out by the seamstress. Designed to be repaired, and not replaced, it was a major breakthrough from the previous crank-operated sewing machines and offered greater ease of work, and less exertion, than their predecessors, especially at a time when electricity was not yet widespread.