Ok, the Monarch will most likely be a Japanese made 15 class machine. Does it have a plate at the base of the upright pillar that says "Precision Deluxe" or something like that? If it does, it's definitely a post-war Japanese 15. These flooded the American market under an almost limitless assortment of names. They came in several colors, black and turquoise are the most common but we also see blue, pink (most sought after by collectors), white, mocha and two-toned (also highly sought). They are fun to collect because they are quite common and still reasonably priced. These are great machines. I use them for free-motion quilting and keep at least two on hand at all time. If it's a portable, you can get replacement motors and foot-pedals very reasonably. I can give you the name of a supplier if you need one. Annie Annie

I had one that I used a piece of butcher block on it. I used for an island in my kitchen (one kitchen had 12" of countertop space; another had absolutely none!) The piece was 24 deep and 36" wide. After 30 years of hard use, the butcher block cracked (yea, I know .. I should have taken better care of it but by that time, it was plant stand!) So now ... I use it as a small dining table (for 2) in a small gazebo. We found an enameled top from an old kitchen table and put it on it. And when you look for stone .... go directly to the fabricator and ask to see their mis-cuts and mis-ordered pieces. If you are flexible, you can get pieces extremely cheap. I covered a 36"x48" island in solid surface for $25/ 9' laundry folding area in solid surface for $125 and a 36" vanity in quartz for $100.

I have attached a link to a site that has sewing machines and information, you may be able to email them for help. I am wondering if someplace on the machine is a brass name plate, with the company name, New Enterprise may be a line that was being developed, but the company may be something else. You would do better to get a photo online of the machine, good hunting Rene Here is a link that might be useful: sewusa

this may be a partial clue http://www.dincum.com/articles/rival-holmes_res.html here's something else http://www.sewalot.com/sewing_machine_collection.htm it looks like the town of Manchester in Britain was churning out sewing machines heavily around the date of yours. Jones machine Co. may have been the mfr. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_Sewing_Machine_Company about halfway down this page, they say that if a co. ordered more than 100 machines from Jones Co, they could have their own name on them. So yours could be from any number of mfrs. http://www.sewalot.com/jones_sewing_machines.htm here's history of the jones co. http://www.ismacs.net/jones/home.html according to this website there were lots of mfrs in that town around the turn of the century http://www.ismacs.net/home.html on this side of the pond, it appears there may have been mfrs in Manchester, NH around that time. There was also a man called Wm. Etsy who had patents on many sewing machines around that time. http://books.google.com/books?id=cWIjAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA958&lpg=PA958&dq=manchester+b+1907+sewing+machine&source=bl&ots=uGheHgboQe&sig=hM_iPGooAVR8LSdwN93yr2GY1_w&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PZdxUO76POjG0QHg_IHgDA&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=manchester%20b%201907%20sewing%20machine&f=false http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester,_New_Hampshire look under history here, they mention The Amoskeag foundry making sewing machines, active till 1935 ( not sure they were making machines then looks like they made a lot of diff. items) Do you have a serial number anywhere on it? that should help a lot in your search. Sorry this is a messy post, I'm trying to do 2 things at once here lol. Most of these pages have tons of pics, so if you scroll around you may find your or something similar to lead to yours. Can you post a pic of it? I love old machines & would like to see yours. Congrats, I hope you find the history of it.