{"title":"Tools","description":"Antique \u0026amp; Vintage Tools","products":[{"product_id":"international-cutawl-electric-cloth-cutting-machine-with-original-crate-c-1910s-1920s","title":"International “Cutawl” Electric Cloth Cutting Machine with Original Crate (c. 1910s–1920s)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"224\" data-end=\"576\"\u003eAn exceptional and increasingly scarce \u003cstrong data-start=\"263\" data-end=\"320\"\u003eInternational “Cutawl” electric cloth cutting machine\u003c\/strong\u003e, manufactured by the \u003cstrong data-start=\"342\" data-end=\"393\"\u003eInternational Register Company, Chicago, U.S.A.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"393\" data-end=\"396\"\u003eThis early industrial machine was designed for cutting stacked textiles in tailoring houses, garment factories and millinery workshops during the early electrification of industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"578\" data-end=\"925\"\u003eThe piece survives \u003cstrong data-start=\"597\" data-end=\"645\"\u003emounted on its original timber transit crate\u003c\/strong\u003e, boldly stencilled \u003cem data-start=\"665\" data-end=\"687\"\u003eINTERNATIONAL CUTAWL\u003c\/em\u003e, and retains associated ephemera including original instruction paperwork. 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