I don't have the space for this enticing item I picked up from Craigslist, and we need more money – always – to buy cat food. So I'm offering it for sale.
It was made in the 1980s by Parsons Cabinet Company of Osceola, Arkansas. Most of the piece is constructed of layered wood, sort of like plywood, except of fewer sheets that are a whole lot thicker. The finish is in excellent shape. The four legs, which attach with screws, come off easily for transport.
On the inner edge of the center section's top surface is a 16 inch measuring stick painted in gold. Two small storage drawers are underneath. A separate piece with double swing-out doors rolls under the table. One door has deep built-in storage compartments.
Some of these cabinets included a pressing board, folded down, on the right hand side. I cannot find any indication that a pressing board was ever attached to this piece.
Each side of the table (shaped like a splayed C) has a cutout designed to hold a sewing machine or serger. (In the photo above, a plastic thread case has been placed in the left cutout.) The machines fold down when not in use, creating a solid-surface work top.
I have provided quite a few photos of the two identical devices on this table. After the machines are mounted on them, they are tipped to clock the rods into different notches so that the decks of the machines can either be flush with or – for free-arm use – above the work surface. The cutouts appear to be the same size, and presumably can hold two sewing machines instead of a sewing machine and a serger.
I have only seen one cabinet like this advertised on the internet. The asking price was $275; however, I am willing to consider any reasonable offer. Please if you are interested in purchasing this well-preserved, practical (and US made!) sewing machine cabinet.
