This was the year of Isaac Singer's patent on the first practical sewing machine, making the official beginning of SINGER as a company and its leadership in the industry. The spirit of practical design and creative innovation that characterized the company at its beginning continues today as we develop products for every level of sewing. Since 1851, the name SINGER® has been synonymous with sewing.
Singer sewing machine models by year full#
(Note: full height with lid on, including carrying handle)Isaac Merritt Singer invented the world's first practical sewing machine in 1850. The paint has worn off in places to reveal the wood beneath. The Singer company logo showing the boat shuttle and crossed needles is transferred on the front of the cover in black and gold. There is a compartment inside the cover probably for storing spare needles and thread. The machine has a removable cover with a rounded top of moulded 3-ply nyssa faced plywood and veneered solid wood base and ends, with a metal a solid wood handle. Machine can be lifted on the hinges to reveal the mechanism underneath. Hinges to back of machine attaching it to base. The gold decoration is waring away to reveal the black paint beneath. Embossed and painted gold with the company logo showing the Singer boat shuttle with crossed needles and thread forming and 'S'. The sewing machine is painted black and is decorated in gold with an acanthus leaf pattern and the name of the company.
Singer sewing machine models by year portable#
The covers of their portable cases were made (mainly) of moulded 3-ply plywood and were possibly the most long-lived of all plywood designs until the twenty-first century (they were manufactured from 1884 to about 1950).Ĭast iron, hand operated, sewing machine on solid gum base. In order to reduce costs and simplify production the company began experimenting with built-up (plywood) veneer furniture and began to develop their own specialist equipment to mass produce it.
In the late 1850s, after the introduction of their sewing machines for home use, the Singer company began to sell furniture for their machines.
The introduction of the hire purchase scheme by Clark in 1856 meant that it was not only the wealthy who could afford to buy a Singer sewing machine, as the scheme made it possible to spread the cost over several instalments. The machine was incredibly successful selling more than four million machines worldwide by 1882. The ‘New Family’ sewing Machine (later known as the model 12/12K) was first introduced to the market in 1865 and was produced by the company into the early twentieth century. This machine was a lot smaller and lighter than the industrial machines and was set upon a decorative cast iron treadle table. In 1856 Singer introduced the ‘Turtle Back’ - their first sewing machine for domestic use. As well as making it possible to mass produce clothing more cheaply, it also made work easier for women who had previously made and repaired all clothes by hand. Sewing machines revolutionised the clothing industry as previously all sewing was done by hand.
These cases contained the treadle and each had a poster advertising the machine pasted to the outside. They were designed to be set upon the packing cases in which they were transported. The original sewing machines produced by the Singer Manufacturing Company were intended for industrial use and were large and very heavy.
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