Button and Eyelet-Hole Machine
(Supplied to ISMACS Courtesy of
Dorothy Brumleve)
Won the Highest Premiums (Gold Medals) at the American Institute Exhibition, 1863 and 1865, and at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1867, for --
1. The simplicity of the Machine
2. The adjustable head for making the Buttonhole of any
desired size.
3. For working on all kinds of material.
4. For perfection and rapidity of its work, having made
three Button holes, one and a quarter inches long, in heavy
cloth,
in fifty-eight seconds.
5. For making the Button hole while the garment remains
stationary, the needle moving around the hole. -- Report of
the
American Institute