Singer Featherweight 221 Original Machine - 1957
This Singer Featherweight 221, commissioned in 1957, is in very good condition. Thoroughly cleaned and serviced inside and out, this machine is ready to sew straight out of the box.
There is some wear on the handwheel, as well as some minor wear and scratches on the back of the bed and some minor scratches on the throat plate, most likely from sewing pins.
1957 was the last year Featherweights were made in the USA, and many 221 machines from this period have unique features, including the black finish of the stitch length regulator and bobbin winder, the silver-colored pressure regulator, and the addition of a “221-” badge beneath “The Singer Manfg. Co.” emblem.
Like all of our Featherweights, this beauty comes with a new reproduction manual, a new foot pedal and six bobbins. The new electronic foot pedal gives precise control without generating heat.
It is fully tuned up with a new motor, LED light bulb, new belt, and new bed feet.
Serial number: AM772458
What else happened in 1957?
*Elvis Presley bought Graceland for $100,000
*Allen Ginsberg published Howl
*The sitcom Leave It to Beaver premieres on CBS
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