The NeedleBar Identification Guide to

SINGER SEWING MACHINE DECALS & DECORATIONS

INTRODUCTION

This list attempts to identify and picture all the Singer decal sets and decorations used prior to 1960.

Currently there are 90 different Decal Sets and variants shown.

The dates listed next to the decal sets indicate the date range of known machines with that particular pattern.

Acknowledgements

My very sincere and grateful thanks to the members of the NeedleBar group for all their hard work and unselfishness in providing pictures and information for this list. Without their help and encouragement this long-needed project would not have been possible.

Special thanks are due to Chrys Gunther for providing invaluable information from her Singer database about the dates of decals, and to Claire Sherwell who spent long hours searching out and photographing many of the more obscure decal sets.

Alan Quinn

Click on the thumbnail pictures to see close-ups and larger images of the decals

NB Reference #

Singer #

Alternative Names

Machines Used On

First and Last Recorded Use

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0
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Original Stripe
No 1
1851

0a

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Scrolls & Roses
No 1
-

1
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Scroll
No. 2
-

2
-
Chain and Roses
Letter A
-

2a

-
Portrait
Letter A
-

2b

-
Arcs
Letter A
-

2c

-
Floral Mother-of-Pearl
Letter A
-

2d

-
Leaves and Flowers
Letter A
1861

3
-
Floral Mother-of-Pearl (2)
12
1866

4
-
Wheels
12
1888

4a

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Star
12
1881

5
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Roses and Scrolls

12 - 1877 - 1879

13 - 1875
1875 - 1879

6
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Acanthus Leaves
12, 13
1879 - 1889

6a

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Acanthus Leaves variant, decorated balance wheel rim
13
-

6b

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Acanthus Leaves Mother-of-Pearl variant
13
-

6c

-

Acanthus Leaves

Chinese Variant
12
-

7
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Mother-of-Pearl
12
-

7a

-
Mother-of-Pearl Variant
12
-

7b

-

Mother-of-Pearl

Variant
12
-

7c

-
Mother-of-Pearl Variant
12
-

8
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Weeds
12, IF, VS1, VS2
-

9
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Painted Rose
IF, VS2 fiddle bed
1887 -1892

9a

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Painted Rose Variant
IF, VS3/28
1889 - 1893

9b

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Painted Rose Variant (White & Peach Roses, White Rose)
VS3/28
1889 - 1893

9c

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Painted Rose Variant (White Rock Rose), Ferns
VS3/28
1890 - 1891

9d

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Painted Rose Variant (Primrose)
VS3/28
1891 - 1893

9e

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Tapestry
VS3/28
1887

9f

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Burmese Scroll
VS3/28
1891

10
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Floral

VS1 1885

IF 1886 - 1894
1885 - 1894

10a

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Floral Variant
IF 1886 - 1888
1886 - 1888

10b

  

Floral Variant

'Forget-me-not'
IF - 1883
1883

11
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Large Rose
VS3/28 - 1885-1902 (1913?)

Improved Family- 1887-1889

VS2 fiddle bed - 1891 - 1892

27 rectangular bed - 1893 -1896

15 - 1895 - 1905
1885 - 1905

11a

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Large Rose Variation (Buttercups)
VS3/28
1894

11b
-
Large Rose Bed Decal Variation
VS3/28
1889 - 1890

11c

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Large Rose Variation (Indian Star)
VS3/28
1900 - 1903

11d

  
Large Rose Variation (Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee)
VS2/27K
1897

12
-
Orange Blossom, Dogwood

27 rectangular bed

VS3/28 - 1891
1890 - 1894

13
-
Daisy, Cornflower
Improved Family (IF)
1885 -1894

13a

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Daisy, Cornflower Variant (Apple Blossom)
IF
1879 -1894

13b

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Gold Plated Daisy, Cornflower
IF
-

13c
-
Gold Ottoman Carnation
IF
1885

14
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Ottoman Carnation

VS1 1884 - 1886

12 1887 - 1902

28 1891 - 1902

48K 1900 - 1911

1884 - 1911

14a

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Ottoman Carnation Variation (Indian Star)
48k
1903 - 1909

15
#15
Memphis, Sphinx

IF - ?

15 1896 - 1953

27 rectangular bed 1891 - 1912

127 1912 - 1929 (?1933 Canada)

1891 - 1953

15a

-

Sphinx Variant

(3/4 sized)
28
1891 - 1901

15b

-
Sphinx Variant (Indian Star)
15
1940

15c

-
Sphinx Variant (Chinese)
15
-

16
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Pheasant

27 rectangular bed 1891 - 1910

15 1900 - 1907
1891 - 1910

17
-
Persian
27
1894 - 1903

18
-
Owl
15
1894 -1898

19
-
Redberry
24
-

20
-
Industrial
15, 29 + Many Industrial Models
c.1884 - late 1920's

21
-
Knots & Rectangles
101
-

22
-
-
-
-
-

23
-
Wrought Iron
28
1920

24
-
Curlicue
30
1913

25
-
Celtic Knot (1)
9W1
1905 - ?

26
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Lotus, Egyptian
66-1, 66-4, 66K
1902 - 1925

26a

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Brown Lotus
66-1, 66-4, 66K, 66 Wittenberge
1902 - 1925

27
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Redeye
66
1910 - 1925

28
-
Celtic Knot (2)
24
-

29
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Gold Wings
115 1911 - 1924 (?1931 Canada)

1911 - 1924

30
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Tiffany, Gingerbread

27 - 1899 - 1911

28 - 1903

15 - 1903 - 1927

115 - 1911 - 1924

66 - 1914 - 1918
1899 - 1927

30a
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Tiffany Variant (Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee)
27 - 1897
1897

31
-
Victorian

VS2 fiddlebed 1886 - 1892

28 1891 - 1941

128 1912 - 1941
1886 - 1941

31a

-
Victorian Variant (Later Gold)
128
-

31b

-
Victorian Variant (Dark Victorian)
128
1920

31c

-
Victorian Variant (Blue)
128
1917

31d

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Victorian Variant (Chinese)
28
1908

32
-
La Vencedora

28, 128 1912 - 1930

128J ? - 1935

128K 1912 - 1960
1912 - 1960

32a

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La Vencedora Variant (decorated accessory lid)
128
-

32b
-

La Vencedora Variant

(Indian Star)
128K
1916 - 1930

33
-
Rococo
128K
1912 - 1961

33a

-
Rococo ('paint texture')
128K
1920

34
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Filigree

66, 99 1923 - ?

66K, 99K 1911 - ?
1911 - ?

34a
-
Filigree (Indian Star)
99K
1926 - 1927

35
-
Feathers
15
1928

36
-
RAF
15
1934 - 1960+

37
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Paperclip

201 1934 - 1953

301 - ?

1934 - 1953

37a

-
Paperclip Variant (M's)
Merritt 15
-

37b

-
Paperclip Variant (Indian Star)
201K
1942

37c
-
Black Paperclip
28K (refurbished)
?

38
-
Celtic Chain

221 1933 - 1953

221K 1933 - 1954
1933 - 1954

39
-
Hearts

127J

128 - 1950
1942

40
-
Triplets

15K

15-91 1931 - 1953 (Canada)

24

215
1931 - 1954

41
-
Eye
99K
1953 - 1958

42
-
Celtic Swirl
128K, 128
1937 - 1954

43
-
Prism

221 1953 - 1960+

221K 1952 - 1960+

222K 1954 - 1960+

201K 1955 - 1957

301 - ?
1952 - 1960

44
-
-
-
-
-

45
-
Triangles
306K, 319K
-

45a

-
Triangles Variant
206, 216
-

46
-
Trapezia
191J
-

47
-
-
-
-
-

48
-
-
-
-
-

49
-
-
-
-
-

50
-
-
-
-
-

51
-
-
-
-
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