Narrow width Cobble Brothers 40 DT carpet tufting machine with pattern attachment, 1953 (2011.002.0276)
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- Made by
- Cobble Brothers (machine); Singer logo attached
- Date
- 1953
- Held by
- Bandy Heritage Center for Northwest Georgia, Dalton State College
- Collection
- Carpet & Rug Institute Collection (accession 2011.002)
- Number
- 2011.002.0276
- Themes
- Machine tufting & Dalton
Cite this source
Cobble Brothers (machine); Singer logo attached. “Narrow width Cobble Brothers 40 DT carpet tufting machine with pattern attachment, 1953 (2011.002.0276),” 1953. 2011.002.0276, Carpet & Rug Institute Collection (accession 2011.002), Bandy Heritage Center for Northwest Georgia, Dalton State College. bandyheritagecenter.pastperfectonline.com/photo/FD78B715-F1A9-4588-96B8-465815209900.
Research notes
Photograph. Catalogue description: "Narrow width Cobble Brothers 40 DT carpet tufting machine with pattern attachment. Machine has Singer logo attached. Rollers are holding a residual amount of cut-pile tufted material." Date: 1953. Also in the collection: 1954 model broadloom machine by Cobble Bros. Machinery Co. (2011.002.0270); Cobble 120" loop pile Universal-type pattern machine, 1954 (2011.002.0271). Why it matters: Building the machine / Programmable tufting: a dated 1953 pattern attachment, and a Singer badge on a Cobble machine (Singer-Cobble link) earlier than often cited. Found: Bandy Heritage Center (PastPerfect), search "Cobble", 2026-10-28.