When Therese Stempin recalls how she first began sewing, she pauses and then from another room produces a small hard-sided case with a handle. Lifting the latches, she opens it to reveal a bright ...

In 1841, in the Rue de Sevres, might have been seen a work-shop,in which eighty wooden sewing machines were constantly employed in making army clothing. That same year, however, the tide of a ...