![]() ![]() Some sources say this is manufactured by “Helvetia”. The script on this machine shows “ Hestia“. The colour is very similar to our Fridor. It is a very nice reciprocating shuttle machine. This machine seems to have been manufactured a little before 1966. The Tailor Bird Sewing Machines were manufactured for a short time between 1950 and May 1952 by The Tailor Bird Sewing Machine Company Ltd in Sandwich, Kent.įiddlebase tells me “ Helvetia” was a Swiss manufacturer in Luzern from 1895 to 1966 also connected to the development of the Dutch Fridor machines. The machine recesses into the box nicely and the crank is connected to the machine with a rubber band. To me it looks as if someone decided to re-design the sewing machine to be lighter and less complicated. It is obvious why this is called a “ Serpentine“or “ Swan neck“machine. This old lady was probably manufactured around 1892. The platform hinges downwards to convert the machine into a free arm. Weird and ingenious Ward Arm & Platform sewing machine was patented in 1873 and produced from 1875 to 1895. I used it to sew the canvas roof for the Wolseley Ten. Though it looks very crude it sews right through thick leather. It is a Chinese version of a “ Patent Elastique” or “ Claes patcher” leather sewing machine. You wouldn’t believe that this contraption is a new “Cobbler” sewing machine we bought only a few years ago. ![]()
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