Ideal Sewing Machine Kompany
An Ideal Sewing Machine showing off its folding handle.
The Ideal Sewing Machine
Leslie Salter's 1910 chainstitch sewing machine with oscillating hook mechanism secured investment of
£100,000 in 1921, only to fail shortly thereafter despite being sold in upscale London stores like
Selfridges and Harrods.
The Ismak Sewing Machine
A 1920s unsuccessful attempt by the Ideal Sewing Machine Company to expand with a rotary hook lockstitch
machine, plagued by crude manufacturing and poor engineering that led to clearance sales by 1924 and
company closure by 1925.