1873 - Helen A. Blanchard's Sewing machine Patent Model (buttonhole)

Description:

Sewing Machine Patent model, Improvement in Sewing Machines, 1873. Helen A. Blanchard, of Boston, Massachusetts. Patent No. 141987 Issued August 19, 1873. This patent model for an improvement in sewing machines introduced the buttonhole stitch. Blanchard received some twenty-eight patents, many having to do with sewing. She is best remembered for inventing the zigzag overstitch sewing machine.

Date Made: 1873Patent Date: 1873-08-19

Maker: Blanchard, Helen A.

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Textiles, Family & Social Life, Work, Industry & Manufacturing, Sewing Machines, Domestic Furnishings, Invention and the Patent Model, Patent Models

Exhibition: Inventing In America

Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.T06433.000Catalog Number: T06433.000Accession Number: 89797

Object Name: sewing machine patent modelObject Type: Patent Model

Physical Description: metal (overall material)Measurements: overall: 17.5 cm x 20 cm x 42 cm; 6 7/8 in x 7 7/8 in x 16 17/32 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-24f0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1069711

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