Posted 7 years ago
scubadiver…
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It was given to me. I got it sewing, and it sews really good. Still looking for a looper attachment to make it chain stitch. From what I can tell it was manufactured between 1887 and 1890.
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Back filling again.
This appears to be a 1888 or later Domestic High Arm Fiddlebase. The tip off for me was that tennis racket shaped doodad that was identified by the folks at needlebar dot org:
http://needlebar.org/nbwiki/index.php?title=File:Takeupannett.jpg
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Domestic High Arm Fiddlebase
[T]he design of the machine with its curious take-up arrangement appears to be based on the Canadian George A Annett's patent of 1888. Although his patent covered a rotary machine, it has a similar "wide thread support or guide". No name is given to the shape or style of take-up mechanism, which resembles a tennis racket.
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http://needlebar.org/nbwiki/index.php/Domestic
Indeed, if you use a photo editor to lighten the images, you can just make out part of the Domestic name on the horizontal arm.