1853 - William Wickersham's Patent Model of a Sewing Machine (leather)
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His address in the catalogue for the exhibition was listed as 20 Bulfinch Street, Boston."}, {"label": "Description", "content": "In 1853 and 1854, Butterfield & Stevens Mfg. Co., of Boston."}, {"label": "Description", "content": "Massachusetts, manufactured sewing machines based on his patent of April 19, 1853. In his patent specification, Wickersham wrote, \u00e2\u0080\u009cMy machine for sewing cloth, leather, or other material is calculated to sew either a chain stitch (the formation of which is well understood) or a stitch . . . formed of two threads, and so that the loops of one . . . shall alternately pass through or be interlocked with those of the other . . . .\u00e2\u0080\u009d Although he mentions sewing cloth, it was for sewing leather for boots and shoes that his sewing machine became important. Wickersham\u00e2\u0080\u0099s patents introduced the method that allowed for the use of sewing leather with waxed thread. 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