Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a machine for sewing books using a double-loop stitch. The invention was granted patent number 250991.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Smyth, David McConnel
- date made
- ca 1881
- patent date
- 1881-12-13
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (part material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18.5 cm x 19.5 cm x 11.5 cm; 7 5/16 in x 7 11/16 in x 4 1/2 in
- Object Name
- Machine, Sewing
- Object Type
- machine sewing
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- Machine, Sewing; Bookbinding
