If you remember your grandmother using a Singer sewing machine, you're not alone. This iconic brand has been part of the foundation of home sewing for more than a century and a half. Although ...

(AP) — Sew Old Antique and Vintage Sewing Machine ... West traded in hand-sewing for a treadle sewing machine, which is powered mechanically by the operator pushing a pedal back and forth.

Singer sewing machines fall into the latter group. While plenty of antique sewing machines exist ... Hand crank model with a treadle, look on the throat plate or bed of the machine.

THE PIECE: A vintage treadle sewing machine by the Singer Manufacturing Co., from about 1890 THE OWNER: Marenthia Lagarde of New Orleans recently bought this vintage sewing machine because it ...

A lovely treadle-based Singer in an oak cabinet might sell for less than $100; tabletop portable models would bring less. A very few models of antique sewing machines are highly sought after in ...

One of the most revolutionary inventions to save time, and work was the sewing machine. The Butte-Silver Bow Archives has opened a new exhibit showcasing antique ... s a White Treadle Coffin ...