Shoe Manufacturing Equipment [Button Sewer]

Maker and role
The Singer Manufacturing Company, Manufacturer

Object detail

Accession number
2013.172
Maker
The Singer Manufacturing Company
Production period
1940s
Description
Sewing machine used for sewing buttons in shoe making. Cast metal painted black with upper shallow cylindrical chamber. Machine and six parts for attaching to work bench.
Brief History
This machine was used in the manufacture of children’s shoes by J M Alexander Shoes, Auckland, in the 1960s. The machine, used to sew buttons on, was attached to a large kauri work bench and powered by a central generator.
Marks
SINGER Painted
AA716418 Impressed
58-15 Impressed
Media/Materials
Processed Material/Metal
Processed Material/Metal/Alloy/Copper Alloy/Brass
Credit Line
The Singer Manufacturing Company. Shoe Manufacturing Equipment [Button Sewer], 2013.172. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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