The copy an example of fool-the-eye (trompe-l’oeil), a popular theme in a new type of art. It’s important to keep up with what is changing in the world of art and collecting. Fool-the-eye ...

HUNTINGTON -- When Sandy Skidmore uses a treadle sewing machine, it takes her back. She's a young girl in the 1940s, watching her mother and her aunt using the old-fashioned, non-electric machine.

Pictured is my Singer treadle sewing machine dating to about 1901, previously my mother's and my grandmother's. Many inventors modified and improved sewing machines through the 1800s. Elias Howe and ...

Both of my sewing machines come from my grandmothers, though neither taught me how to sew. The older one is a child-sized, antique Singer, which can no longer stitch a seam. The hand crank that powers ...

Craig Murphy is unique among the members of the Sarnia Quilters Guild. “I’m the only male in it, and I’m also the only one that’s treadling,” he said while demonstrating a vintage foot-powered treadle ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Gold Star Domestic sewing machine; ...