Between 1873 to 1884, the Providence Tool Company of Providence, Rhode Island, manufactured �Household� brand sewing machines. In 1885, the company relocated to Dayton, Ohio and became the Household Sewing Machine Company. The company continued to manufacture sewing machines at its new location until going out of business in 1906.
Unlike other manufacturers which offered a variety of different machines, Household appears to have only manufactured a single model: a copy of the �Domestic� Mack-patent high arm.
Apart from these few facts, comparably little is known of the Household company. Having never introduced any original designs nor apparently winning any contracts with a retailer of significance (such as Sears Roebuck or Montgomery Ward), Household was in the sewing machine business for a little over thirty years and disappeared unnoticed.
Like many of the other smaller manufacturers, Household manufactured sewing machines for minor retailers-- known as �stenciled� or �badged� machines.
--From The Encyclopedia of Antique Sewing Machines, 3rd Edition
