Machine, Sewing

Object Name:

Machine, Sewing

Object ID:

1992.047.01

Creator:

Standard Sewing Machine Company -- Manufacturer

Place of Origin:

Cleveland, OH

Date:

circa 1890

Description:

Sewing machine, from millinery shop of Richard Codaire (1863-1930), Manchester, NH. Marked "STANDARD SEWING MACHINE CO. / CLEVELAND, OHIO / PAT. FEB. 5, 84 / PAT. JULY 6, 86 / PAT. JANY. 18, 87 / No / 136904". Marked "STANDARD" in gold paint on each side of arm. Marked "STANDARD" on front of removable wooden cover. Pins in right side drawer. Bobbins in central rotating drawer.

Material:

Metal
Wood

Provenance:

Richard Codaire (1863-1930) was born in Abbotsford, Quebec, and became a naturalized US citizen in Holyoke, MA, in 1888. He moved to Manchester, NH, by 1890, and married Gertrude E. Morse Robie (1874-1968) in Nashua in 1892. The couple lived in Manchester and had four children. Richard operated a millinery shop. The Codaire family lived at 85 Walnut Street (1896-1897), then 235 Lowell Street (1898-1900), 223 Lowell (1901-1910), and back to 85 Walnut (1911-1930). The millinery shop was at 33 Hanover Street, (1896-1910), then 30 Bridge Street (1913-1915) and 102 Hanover Street (1917-1921). The collection belonged to Richard Codaire's daughter, Margaret Sproul-Bolton (1903-1994). She was the great aunt of the donor, Beverly Galante.

Credit Line:

Gift of Beverly and Carl Galante

People:

Codaire, Richard (1863-1930)

Subjects:

Millinery, Millinery stores, Sewing machines