Magnificent Vintage Singer Featherweight Sewing Machine 221-1 With Case & Parts

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Magnificent Vintage Singer Featherweight Sewing Machine 221-1 With Case & Parts:
$380.00

Magnificent Vintage Singer Featherweight Sewing Machine 221-1 With Case & Parts. Serial number is AK390998 which dates it to 1951. All original with many old Singer accessory parts, 2 original manuals books, vintage genuine Singer oil can - check my 12 photos please. Everything you see in my photos is included. Machine is guaranteed to work but I would recommend it be cleaned and oiled as we have had it in clean storage for many years. The machine itself is fine clean with almost no wear to the gold decals and black lacquer finish. A wonderful example of this wonderful sewing machine - the most collectible sewing device of all time!

Some History Notes about Featherweight:

1934:

The Singer Featherweight makes its debut to the public at the Chicago World\'s Fair, featuring a specialty badge \"Century of Progress Chicago 1934\".

1942-1944:

No Featherweights (as well as other family sewing machines) were produced during this time period due to the Limitation Order L-98, which was issued by the War Production Board. The Singer Manufacturing Company was one of many manufacturers ordered by the US Government to convert parts of their factories for war production materials.

1950

Specialty Badges \"A Century of Sewing Service 1851-1951\" were issued to a vast number of Featherweight machines (and other Singer models) to commemorate Singer Manufacturing Company\'s 100-year anniversary. Machines were given this specialty badge through 1952. The exact number of these badged Featherweights is not known but it could be 200,000 or more.

1951

Singer changed to a Type V case in the USA. The top tray design of the older cases was removed for a more compact compartment tray on the left side. The lid now held a bracket for the foot controller to slide in and out of easily.

1952

Graduated Throat Plate replaced the traditional plate which did not have any seam guide markings.

1953

Singer changed to a Type VI case for USA made machines. The case handle was now secured to the lid in conjunction with the foot controller bracket. The clasp style also changed.

The classic \"Egyptian Scroll\" or \"Celtic\" decals were replaced with what is now referred to as the \"Paperclip\" or \"Prism\" design.

July 1953, the Singer 222K Free-Arm Featherweight was introduced in the UK, Europe, Australia and some in Canada. This machine was not marketed in the USA. Production of the 222k continued until 1961.