Paul’s sewing machines made by the Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Co.

This page is ordered by age, and only includes machines made by the Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Co.. A separate pictorial index includes all the machines I've ever owned.

Willcox & Gibbs got their start when James Gibbs invented his now widely used rotary hook for forming a single-thread chain stitch. The classis W&G chain stitcher was manufactured almost unchanged from 1858 through 1940.

Click any image here to see its blog entry, and more pictures.

The main blog page is kept in the order the machines joined my collection (and also has other sewing machine related entries).

c.1864 Willcox & Gibbs w/ glass tension

1875 Willcox & Gibbs Automatic Silent Sewing Machine

1914 Willcox & Gibbs Automatic Silent Sewing Machine

1921 Willcox & Gibbs Automatic Silent Sewing Machine (re-homed)

1937 Willcox & Gibbs Automatic Silent Sewing Machine, with electric cabinet (re-homed)