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International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society

The purpose of the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society is to foster the collecting of, and research into, sewing machines.

The Nasch Sewing machine Company

1887 Nasch Sewing Machine Patent

Nasch’s patent (9817) 1887

Isidore Nasch was a wholesale importer of sewing machines in London. His range included specialist industrial machines and he took out British patents for such machines on behalf of their German manufacturers. In 1887 he took out a patent (9897) for a tiny lockstitch machine to clamp to the edge of the table. Alongside it was a patent for a chainstitch version. Examples of both versions exist in Germany.


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