Small hand operated sewing machine with wooden handle to turn wheel which operates mechanism. Black iron baseTodd's Champion of Englandtextile machinery, sewing, domestic items

Metal painted black with gold leaf design decoration. Large wheel with handle. Circular base on sewing area. Set on four claw legs. In working order.domestic items, sewing, textile machinery

Large white cotton tray cloth. Machine made. Torchon lace border with hand embroidered button holing stitch. Leaf and flower pattern in four corners and cut out button holing pattern in centre and sides.manchester, table linen

Black machine transverse shuttle Serial No. 496547, with gold and some coloured decorations. Decorations include blue and red bird and silver angels. Machine on wooden base and with wooden cover, both with inlaid decorations. Cover also has turned corner decorations. Cover can be locked to base. 'D' Syst 182.|S No. 496547'Superba' Plate with series of numbers. Card in box inscribed 'Wertheim German made machine in 1880'domestic items, sewing, textile machinery

Black sewing machine and cover. Model A6? Vibrating shuttle. Serial no. S907389. Machine has coloured decorations of flowers and leaves. Set on wooden base with inlaid decorated edge.|An equipment drawer contains instructions for use of machine, attachments, needles needle threaders and five spools, one empty.'Freya'domestic items, sewing, textile machinery

Made of white cotton with Mount Mellick embroidery. One corner has interlocking horseshoes with bows and ribbons. The opposite corner has a basket of flowers tied with bows and ribbons - all hand embroidered. Border of drawthread. Machined crochet edging hand sewn onto edge.handcrafts, needlework, manchester, bath linen

White cotton cloth - a semi-circle with 9 patterns of embroidered butterflies around edge. Butterfly wings are made of mesh- possibly machine made, but embroidered edging around wings is hand made. It is likely that piece is one side of the tea pot cover.handcrafts, needlework, manchester, table linen

Made of white cotton with Mount Mellick embroidery. One corner has interlocking horseshoes with bows and ribbons. The opposite corner has basket of flowers tied with bow and ribbons - all hand embroidered. Border of drawthread. Machined crochet edging hand sewn on the edge.handcrafts, needlework, manchester, bath linen

Ecru coloured linen tray cloth with cream machined cotton lace edging.manchester, table linen

Cream cotton machined crochet tray cloth with one edge missingmanchester, table linen

Purchased in Lancashire, England. Arrived in Australia in 1951.Mrs. Popkop[ lived in Box Hill for 27 years , then for 18 years in Scott Street Mitcham before moving to Tweeds Heads in 1998. Mrs Popkop thought she may have had to live in the outback where there would not be any power, hence the hand operated machine.|When we were given the machine it was in very poor condition. Ted Arrowsmith worked on it diligently and finally got it in working condition.|Then we had to get the bobbin to work. As we were not familiar with this type of bobbin, it being the torpedo type, Frances Warren took it to the Ringwood Sewing Centre, 17 Melbourne Street Ringwood and Barry Ford was able to show her how to thread the bobbin..|After a lot of trial and error 2with the tension we finally got the machine to sew a seam. Barry Ford checked the serial no. and authenticated the date of manufacture as 1889.Hand operated vibrating shuttle Singer sewing machine, burgundy with wooden base. Serial no. 8615740Singertextile machinery, sewing, domestic items

Hand operated sewing machine set in wooden base. Wooden cover ornately decorated.Jones As supplied to Her Majesty Queen Alexandra Family C.S. English Made. S No. 94257domestic items, sewing, textile machinery

Machine made tape appliqued on to machine made net. Oval dressing table mat

Fine muslin appliqued onto machine made net is decorated by hand with needlerun embroidery stitchesCarrickmacross lace collar.

This collar was made by the mother of the donor. A home made fashion item.Tape lace collar. Machine made tapes with needle made filling stitches.

Fine lace used as a costume trimmingEdging of Bobbin lace motifs appliqued onto machine made net

Fine lace used as costume trimmingEdging of Bobbin lace motifs appliqued onto machine made net.

Fashion accessoryScarf / Tie of bobbin lace motifs appliqued onto machine made net.

Modesty front to be worn as a filler with a low cut blouse or dress.Lace modesty front. Bobbin lace motifs appliqued onto machine made net.

Home made or hobby lacePocket flap. Machine made tapes with needle made fillings. A narrow piece of machine Valenciennes has been added to the top edge.

Valuable old lace was often salvaged to be used again. Here motifs have been reclaimed from an earlier 18th Century lace (probably damaged) and appliqued onto machine made cotton net probably early in the 19th Century. The original motifs are either Flemish or Honiton. Use: as a costume trimmingBobbin lace motifs appliqued onto a machine made net. Edging.

A very light and delicate lace for costume trimming. Probably hand made but could be machine made.Bobbin lace edging. Sample

Tape lace in the making. The lace is incomplete and still attached to the backing cloth. It is shaped - possibly as an edging for a tray cloth. Home made or hobby lace.Tape lace edging. Incomplete. Machine made tapes with needle made fillings.

This piece of machine made lace was probably made on a Levers machine (invented 1813)Pink machine made lace edging.

Machine made lace. Probably made on a Levers machine using jacquard apparatus to make a series of individual square motifs. These were probably destined to be cut apart and used as applique pieces on some other textile.A length of individual square motifs of machine made Filet lace

Machine made "Chemical" lace motif. Cotton thread embroidered onto a base fabric which is later dissolved away.

Machine made lace "Chemical" oval lace motif. Cotton thread embroidered onto a base fabric which is later dissolved away.

Machine made "Chemical" lace edging. Cotton thread embroidered onto a base fabric which is later dissolved away.

Machine embroidered net lace. Wide band.

Machine made muslin applique Fichu. Muslin appliqued onto machine made net using machine chain stitch.