Kenmore Electric Rotary Sewing Machine, 1950-1955
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Artifact Overview
This 1950s sewing machine has a minimal, modular look that shows a lightness of touch in its simple intersecting shapes. It is blatantly modern and is admirable for its lack of style -- which becomes style in itself. Well-articulated and neatly interlocked, it utterly escapes the trappings of earlier sewing machine designs.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Sewing machine (Equipment)
Date Made
1950-1955
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
at Henry Ford Museum in Fully Furnished
Object ID
2009.173.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mrs. Delia Anna Novak nee Flaim.
Material
Oak (Wood)
Metal
Paper (Fiber product)
Chrome steel
Color
Gray (Color)
Yellow (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 39 in (height with machine opened (closed, it is 30.75"))
Width: 48 in (with machine opened (closed, it is23.75)
Length : 18.25 in
Height: 24 in (measured at backrest)
Inscriptions
Sewing machine itself: KENMORE
F 753101357 R
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