Never mind the 1870's.....how about the 1500's.... *shudders*
and I'll probably do it again... Brangwyne > At 17:13 18/05/2008, you wrote: >>I've got a pleater foot, and very useful it is. >> >>Does anyone know where I might find out how early pleater feet are? >> >>The earliest I've got is directions for its use in a reprint of a >>c.1930 Singer Featherweight manual. >> >> >>Ann in CT > > > As mechanical pleating machines were available in the Victorian era - > think of all those layers of pleats in the 1870's - I would have > thought that pleating feet were an early addition to machines. But > that is pure assumption - no evidence at all. I too have pleating > feet for my Singer, with photos of them to explain how they work, but > unfortunately the photos are not dateable. > > Suzi > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
