Sewing machine
Grain
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
Unknown
Materials
paper and metal
Measurements
210 mm (H); 230 mm (Length); 145 mm (W)
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Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1150965
Summary
Grain sewing machine, label attached inscribed Sewing machine used by the last squire of Erddig to repair his clothes etc. He always used red thread because he said that 'red or scarlet thread was the only thread mentioned in the Bible'. Also instruction booklet.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Marks and inscriptions
'Sewing machine used by the last squire of Erddig to repair his clothes etc. He always used red thread because he said that 'red or scarlet thread was the only thread mentioned in the Bible'. (label)
Makers and roles
Grain