Makers, teachers and inventors whose primary renown is in fiber, needlecraft or sewing technology: knitting and needlecraft teachers alongside the inventors of the sewing machine and its patent history, grouped together because sewing-machine invention and needlecraft practice sit on the same fiber and textile lineage. Belongs here: knitters, needleworkers and sewing-machine inventors. Does not belong here: figures whose renown is in a non-textile material.
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1. Barthelemy Thimonnier (Wikipedia)
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Barthelemy Thimonnier (19 August 1793 in L'Arbresle, Rhone - 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.
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