The sewing machine
Subtitle: its invention and development
By: Grace Rogers Cooper.
Contributors: Cooper, Grace Rogers.
Edition: 2d ed., rev. and expanded.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Sewing machines -- History
Description: Illustrations based on the Smithsonian Institution's collection of American-made sewing machines complement a study of early efforts to develop a machine to replace hand sewing and the features of particular models.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 224-226.
First published in 1968 under title: The invention of the sewing machine.
Includes indexes.