Originally Posted by
pfroggg
My guess is that it's of fairly recent Asian (Chinese?) manufacture like the 'Butterfly' machine, probably not as solid a machine as the postwar Japanese version. (BTW treadles are still made, since there are still places where electricity is not an option.) But I haven't seen it, so could be completely wrong. FWIW! Pretty thing, though.
pat
I went back to reread the one person's blog this morning since I read her blog at 1 am. Well, she states that her mom once had a Singer in a treadle. Mom replaced that Singer with a Flying Man, but kept the treadle.
This machine does look similar to the "Butterfly" machines.