![Shiks Fashion and Innovation Academy Jos on Twitter: "DID YOU KNOW? The first functional sewing machine was invented by the French tailor, Barthelemy Thimonnier, in 1830. Thimonnier's machine used only one thread Shiks Fashion and Innovation Academy Jos on Twitter: "DID YOU KNOW? The first functional sewing machine was invented by the French tailor, Barthelemy Thimonnier, in 1830. Thimonnier's machine used only one thread](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ExYmGB2W8AMa5Vg.jpg)
Shiks Fashion and Innovation Academy Jos on Twitter: "DID YOU KNOW? The first functional sewing machine was invented by the French tailor, Barthelemy Thimonnier, in 1830. Thimonnier's machine used only one thread
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Image of First Sewing Machine (1830) By Barthélemy Thimonnier (1793-1857), French Inventor. Paris, Conservatoire National Des Arts Et Métiers. Full Credit: Jacques Boyer / Roger-Viollet / Granger -- All Rights Reserved. From
![Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. VI. Biographical Sketches BARTHELEMY THIMONNIER The first man known to have put a sewing machine into practical operation, Barthelemy Thimonnier, was a Frenchman of Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. VI. Biographical Sketches BARTHELEMY THIMONNIER The first man known to have put a sewing machine into practical operation, Barthelemy Thimonnier, was a Frenchman of](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/RG7BB6/bulletin-united-states-national-museum-science-vi-biographical-sketches-barthelemy-thimonnier-the-first-man-known-to-have-put-a-sewing-machine-into-practical-operation-barthelemy-thimonnier-was-a-frenchman-of-obscure-parentage-his-father-a-textile-dyer-of-lyon-left-that-city-in-1793-as-a-result-of-the-revolution-and-journeyed-with-his-family-to-parbresle-where-barthelemy-was-born-in-august-of-that-year-the-family-resources-were-small-and-although-the-young-thimonnier-was-able-to-begin-studies-at-the-seminaire-de-saint-jean-at-lyons-he-soon-was-forced-to-leave-school-for-financi-RG7BB6.jpg)