White Rotary Treadle in Parlor Cabinet
Okay, so I just purchased a White Rotary Treadle machine that sits in a beautiful cabinet. I usually don't spend too much on my machines and paid more for this one than I would have normally. But, I have always wanted a parlor cabinet (I don't have one.....have two other treadles though). The last patent date is 1913. I can not pick it up until Monday, so I can't look at it or pet it etc... The thing is the machine looks brand new.........I can tell it is old and not a repro, but the decals are pristine and the cabinet is like new with the exception of one corner on the top. I am thinking that was caused by someones hand. It has a belt and it does go up and down. I didn't have my normal thread etc... with me to try it out. Not frozen. The thing is............now I am wondering if I just got another machine that I can't get needles for or if it takes a regular easy to get, doesn't cost an arm and leg needle. Does anyone know? By the way, I have NO idea where I am going to put it. My 18 yo daughter was with me and told me that she wants that machine someday and she will buy it off of me. Of course, she is going away to college this fall to major in pre-med.......so who knows when she will ever have money. She is also the one that has cabbaged onto my white featherweight.