Originally Posted by
J Miller
I am in the process of acquiring a coffin top Singer treadle machine. I don't know yet what model it is.
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What earlier Singer models would have been in a coffin top treadle? And what would the model numbers be?
Once I get it home I'll post a "I got it" thread with pics. WHOOO HOOOO another treadle for my heard.
Joe
If memory serves I don't think some of the earliest domestic Singers had model numbers. You could possibly get some idea of the various models and treadles from the Smithsonian. Try this -
http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollect...0712/index.htm I believe it is pre-1900. The pre-15's were the "Improved Family"
They also have the 1908 catalog which has treadles that didn't have coffin tops.
I think the cabinet to set the portable machines in are neat. I think they were different for the 99's and the 28/128s since they had different height bases.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.