Singer treadle sewing machine cabinet table from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

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A Singer treadle sewing machine cabinet table from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The cabinet table has a cast iron base that supports a wooden worktable with seven drawers. The base features a large cross brace at the back with casted iron text at the center that reads [SINGER]. The brace is attached to legs on either side with small metal rollers at the bottom. The legs feature a lattice pattern and a double oval at the center of the legs that frames the Singer shuttle, needle, and thread logo. Molded text on the interior ovals read [THE SINGER MANFG. CO.] along the top half with a molded laurel wreath on the bottom half. At the base is a lattice ornamented treadle, which is connected to the band wheel with a pitman that turns the band wheel when the treadle is pressed. The base supports the cabinet’s reddish brown tabletop.

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