Sewing Machine Small 320×313 Medium 640×626 Large 1024×1001 Download Tiff Original 2400×2346 | (767.4 KB) Description A sewing machine is a textile machine used to stitch fabric or other material together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. Keywords baste, embroider, machine, seam, sew, sewing, Stitch, tailor Galleries Appliances Source: Government Printing Office The Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1895)