1873 - Helen A. Blanchard's Sewing machine Patent Model (buttonhole)
1873 - Helen A. Blanchard's Sewing machine Patent Model (buttonhole)
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- 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.
- Object Name
- sewing machine patent model
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- date made
- 1873
- patent date
- 1873-08-19
- maker
- Blanchard, Helen A.
- 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
- ID Number
- TE.T06433.000
- catalog number
- T06433.000
- accession number
- 89797
- 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
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