Restored "Puzzle" Box & Attacments for 1902 Singer Treadle Machine

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07-06-2011, 03:38 PM

shmram

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This is the continuation of my restoration project to share with all of you, the pictures of the “Puzzle” Box dated February 19, 1889 and its contents. I relined the interior with new velvet and cleaned all of the attachments with liquid silver cleaner.

Puzzle Box ready for use

[ATTACH=CONFIG]221972[/ATTACH]

Exterior finish with date stamp

[ATTACH=CONFIG]221977[/ATTACH]

Restored attachments with new lining

[ATTACH=CONFIG]221979[/ATTACH]

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07-06-2011, 03:41 PM

erstan947

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Beautiful machine,cabinet, and attachment box!!!! Good job:)

07-06-2011, 03:43 PM

Glassquilt

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Love the box

07-06-2011, 03:47 PM

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Gob smacked!!

07-06-2011, 03:47 PM

BrendaY

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Sure does look nice!

07-06-2011, 04:00 PM

CoyoteQuilts

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Love the puzzle boxes! Never knew they existed until a few months ago. I would love to get one!

07-06-2011, 04:33 PM

belmer

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Beautiful... You did such a nice job with taking care of it!

07-06-2011, 04:47 PM

jeaninmaine

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I wonder if there's a website that explains what all the attachments are and what they were used for.

I never thought of silver cleaner. That was a great idea, your attachments look great.

07-06-2011, 05:07 PM

Nanamoms

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Sparkly!!

07-06-2011, 05:27 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jeaninmaine

I wonder if there's a website that explains what all the attachments are and what they were used for.

I never thought of silver cleaner. That was a great idea, your attachments look great.

The old Singer books have explanations for the attachments. If you don't have one, I'm sure someone here will have a copy or you can look on Singer's site.

I also never thought of silver cleaner. I'm getting some!