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Barthélemy Thimonnier (19 August 1793 in L'Arbresle, Rhône - 5 July 1857 in Amplepuis) was a French inventor, who is attributed with the invention of the first sewing machine that replicated sewing by hand. He was born in L'Arbresle, in Rhône in France.
An early sewing machine was designed and manufactured by Barthélemy Thimonnier of France, who received a patent for it by the French government in 1830, to mass-produce uniforms for the French army, but some 200 rioting tailors, who feared that the invention would ruin their businesses, destroyed the machines in 1831.
The French tailor Barthélemy Thimonnier invented the first sewing machine for practical use. However, his sewing machine design never became widely popular. Barthélemy Thimonnier was born on Aug. 19, 1793, in Arbresle, France. He became a tailor in Amplepuis, France.
Barthélemy Thimonnier 1830. Musée des arts et métiers. Paris, France. After moving to Saint-Étienne in 1825, despite having no training in mechanics, Thimonnier worked relentlessly on the...
Oct 16, 2013 · In France, the first mechanical sewing machine was patented in 1830 by tailor Barthélemy Thimonnier, whose machine used a hooked or barbed needle to produce a chain stitch. Unlike his ...
Barthélemy Thimonnier, né à L'Arbresle le 19 août 1793 [1] et mort à Amplepuis le 5 juillet 1857, est un inventeur français. On lui doit l'invention de la machine à coudre . Biographie [ modifier | modifier le code ]
Sep 10, 2009 · French tailor Barthelemy Thimonnier patented a device in 1830 that mechanized the typical hand-sewing motions to create a simple chain stitch. He planned to mass-produce uniforms for the French...
Jan 7, 2019 · The first functional sewing machine was invented by the French tailor, Barthelemy Thimonnier, in 1830. Thimonnier's machine used only one thread and a hooked needle that made the same chain stitch used with embroidery.
Barthelemy Thimonnier, whose picture the reader will find below, was the son of a dyer of Lyons and was born at the Arbresle (Rhone), in the year 1793. He studied a little while at the seminary of Saint Jean and was put to the tailor trade, which he practiced at Amplepuis (Rhone), where he had been brought up.
L’inventeur de la machine à coudre. Fils d’un teinturier, Barthélémy Thimonnier devient après quelques années d’études au séminaire de Lyon, tailleur. Il exerce à Amblepuis et à Panissières pour enfin s’établir à Saint-Etienne (Loire).
