Picture of "queen" treadle machine
 

Hi everyone,

I am hoping that one of you might be able to give me some information on my sewing machine. I purchased it along with 4 other vintage machines, but this is the only one I can't find any information on. It is a Queen treadle with a shuttle. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I do not have any info. but she is really pretty!!!

wow...that one is a new to me name! she is really pretty....will be watching to find out more info..other than she is OLD and pretty!

Very lovely decals! I can't be of help, but I can drool over those pretty decals.

Aside from the shuttle the Shape is very reminiscent of my white... ( no help I know, but very interesting and pretty just the same )

Hello Peanut - I have checked the Needlebar website. There are photos of machines with Queen in the same lettering as yours. The name Queen (or alternatively, Home Queen) was put on machines sold by Sears Roebuck in Chicago, but they used different manufacturers at different times. At one stage it was White, later on, after 1908, it was Davis...

Good Morning All - Thank you for all the input. The throat plate states that it was Patent June 29th, 1897 and the serial number on it is 118712. I have seen pictures of similar machines but none that matches this machine exactly. I love mysteries, but this one is just driving me nuts!!

what a pretty machine. I'd also like to know more about it. What are the other machines you got with this one? And how did you get 5 at one time??

Illinois SMCo was issued a patent on that date. Might want to check the patent against the machine.

http://www.google.com/patents?id=i9B...page&q&f=false

Jon

My son was helping elderly couple to move as they had lost their home due to illness. They had a huge quantity of sewing machines in their garage that they wanted to get rid of. I chose the "Queen", a 1920's Montgomery Wards "Damascus in cabinet, a 1938 Singer 201 in cabinet, a 1919 Singer 66 Red Eye in a dome case and a 1928 Singer 99-13 in a domed case, I would of bought more, but that was all I could get in my car. I'm not planning on keeping them all, I was only interested in the Singer 99-13, but I knew they were needing money. The real shame is my son told me later that they took the rest of the machines to the dump.

What a shame to dump old machines, resell shop or Goodwill would have been a better choice. I'm glad you were able to get some of them, The Singer red eye is a very collectable machine. I don't have any of the old machines but, there are lots on here that collect them and know lots about them. The domed cases are usually called 'coffin tops'.
Welcome to this wonderful board, you will find lots of knowledgeable people here.

The 1828 singer 99-13 with the knee bar is in a bentwood case. You will really like this machine, or at least I like mine a lot.
It's too bad that they didn't ask you if you wanted the rest too, even if they were just giving them away. I hate to see them going to the dump. The poor machines. I wonder if there was someone there that rescued some of them. I'm glad that you got the ones that you did.
And if you need any information on fixing them up, this is the place to ask the questions. You will find the most helpful and friendly people on here at the quilting board, especially here in the vintage area! It's filled with wonderful helpers with a huge range of knowledge.

Actually, the "domed" bentwood cases are called "Bentwood Cases". The term "coffin top" refers to a box shaped top that goes over a sewing machine in a treadle base. These were the early treadles....later the treadle cabinets had the fold out top that dropped the machine down into the cabinet.

I found the Quilting Board website while researching for the "Queen", started looking around and felt like a kid in a candy shop, the information available on the site is incredible. Hopefully I will find loving homes for the other machines, as I really only wanted the Singer 99-13.

Peanut, now that you have found us and the Vintage sites of the board, you just might want to stick around and get acquainted with all of us. Here in the vintage area, we've all been stuck by a machine needle, and the vintage machines are stuck in our blood. Some of us find machines, and with others, the machines find them and beg to be taken home and rescued. It's amazing what some have done with machines that look like junk, or 'boat anchors' to start with.

There is a great deal of knowledge to be found here in the vintage section, as well as the rest of the board. This is a friendly bunch of quilters and machine lovers. I hope you like it here. Even if all you want at this time is the 99-13, you just might decide that some of the other machines you have rescued want to stay with you too. :) They have a way of taking over your heart. Also, did you know that some of us name our machines? Crazy, aren't we?!?