Home of the Sewalot Site By Alex I Askaroff For antique and vintage sewing machines The L. Dietrich Sewing Machine Company & Vesta sewing machines Alex has spent a lifetime in the sewing industry and is considered one of the foremost experts of pioneering machines and their inventors. He has written extensively for trade magazines, radio, television, books and publications world wide. Over the last two decades Alex has been painstakingly building this website to encourage enthusiasts around around the Globe.

Instant download now available Most of us know the name Singer but few are aware of his amazing life story, his rags to riches journey from a little runaway to one of the richest men of his age. The story of Isaac Merritt Singer will blow your mind, his wives and lovers his castles and palaces all built on the back of one of the greatest inventions of the 19th century. For the first time the most complete story of a forgotten giant is brought to you by Alex Askaroff. See Alex Askaroff on Youtube The Vesta Sewing Machine Company The model of Perfection See Alex Askaroff on Youtube The Vesta Avenue Sewing Machine The Vesta Avenue Sewing Machine The German company that made Vesta was called LOD, short for L.O. Dietrich, and was one of the oldest German sewing machine companies.

The Vesta mark went onto their machines in the late Victorian period and lasted up until the Second World War when the company became involved in arms manufacture. The factory was finally closed by the Russians around 1946. Originally LOD was formed around 1869, by 1871 they were well established in Altenburg, Germany. For the first 20 years the machines were basically Singer copies with a big S as one of their badge marks and sold under the Dietrich, LOD banner. The company was a mixture of three giants in the German sewing machine industry all eventually selling machines under their own names.

They were L O Dietrich, G Winselmann, of the Titan mark, and H Kohler. The three men had all worked together at the giant Clemens Muller Sewing Machine Factory in Dresden. It was there that they came up with the idea of their own business. It did not last long as by 1880 all three men had parted and built up their own businesses making machines.

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By 1871 The Company had a vast factory employing hundreds of workers and at its peak in 1890 it was employing over 1,500 workmen. The name Vesta comes from the Roman goddess of fire and the hearth, which is perfect for a machine that was forged from the great German furnaces. As a very important Roman Goddess her prayers were uttered daily in worship and of course we have all heard of the Vestal Virgins, but I digress. There were originally two sizes of Vesta and many other models from LOD such as the Universal No 1 with its lovely open cut gears and lightweight, The Family A and Family B.

Delete Licenses My Ilok Works. The Saxonia range which included two smaller machines and a medium semi-industrial model. As well as the vibrating shuttle models mentioned they also produced oscillating bobbin machines model E, F and G with a barrel or cylindrical arm. Then there were central bobbin machines such as the model CE and CF. All were available with the super-smooth ball-bearing treadle base.

All Vesta sewing machines guaranteed for a period of five years. The machines became an instant success in England and soon offices were opened in London at 16 South Street, Finsbury. Vesta machine was sold to shops like Collier & Sons of Clapham road South West London. Were a large ironmongers that sold just about everything you could think of. They were also sold through other retailers such as J. Williams & Co Ltd, Manchester and Sewing Machine Supplies of Aldergate Street London. If you look carefully at your machine you may have a Winselmann model.