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JoeJr -- those pictures of the sewing machines are great! THANK YOU!!

I examined the cabinet case and there are dowels in place on the top table underside which would indicate that this cabinet used to have doors that would have enclosed the internal workings and drawers of the sewing machine.

It is definitely not the Page 5 machine because of the lack of drawers.

It has to be the Page 7 machine because of the mother-of-pearl inlay on the machine. I would not say it is elaborately ornamented as there are just a few mother-of-pearl inlays. One is on the head, one is by the badge and two are on top of the machine. Some items may have been glued to the base but they aren't inset into the cast iron of the fiddle base. The inlays that are there are flush with the machine.

It has the tiniest throat space! 3.5 inches high and 6.5 inch long throat.

The folding table has the brass fixtures expected for furniture of that era. Some of the screws have been replaced. I get to figure out how to add doors. I think I will call the guy I bought it from and ask if the doors are hanging around over in his collection of items. Interestingly, he called the coffin top a "puzzle lid" And it does fold up in a puzzle like system. I think he has more stories to share with me.

Can you see the hearts on the treadle footpad? I took a tilted shot to make them clearer. None of the pictures on the ads focus on the hearts but they are there!

The back end of the cabinet and the folding top does not have the filigree ornamentation that the ad for page 7 shows.