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Description: | The development of the sewing machine made the mass production of clothing much easier and faster. In the 1840s, Isaac Merrit Singer, a machinist from Boston, designed a lock-stitch sewing machine with a straight-eye pointed needle that moved up and down. It was mounted on a table, which supported the cloth, and rather than being powered by the then-standard hand crank, the needle was worked by a foot pedal. The machine was a great success and soon Singer sewing machines were being used all over the world. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Grosvenor Art Printing, Old Bailey | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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