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Sewing machines, then and now

By Rain Noe - January 4, 2009

in Object Culture

Sewing machines have been around since the 1700s, and as you can see at about.com's section on inventors, you'd have a doozy of a time attributing the invention to one person.

Genealogy aside, the device has come a long way, as evidenced by Brother's forthcoming Quattro 6000D, perhaps the most advanced sewing machine ever made. Viewed in broad strokes, the 6000D's form factor is roughly the same as its ancestors', but it boasts features Singer never could have imagined: a 4.5 x 7 LCD display, on-board lighting, and a zoomable camera that gives your needle two eyes, in a manner of speaking.

Now for a quick look at some of the form factors of the past, back when industrial design was both utilitarian and more flowery:

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