Sally Stanley 32 Row SMOCKING PLEATER
Product details
| Management number | 17104114 | Release Date | 2025/10/06 | List Price | $117.00 | Model Number | 17104114 | ||
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FUNCTIONAL, LIGHTLY USED, BEAUTIFUL TUME SAVING MACHINE!
Smocking: an embroidery technique used to gather fabric so that it can stretch. Before elastic, smocking was commonly used in cuffs, bodices, and necklines in garments where buttons were undesirable. Smocking developed in England and has been practised since the Middle Ages and is unusual among embroidery methods in that it was often worn by laborers. Source: wikipedia
Back in the 1940’s Mrs Read was doing smocking the traditional way - picking up dots one by one on her needle. Her husband, Stanley, an accountant by trade, decided to make a machine for her to simplify the process. With the help of his brother, whose wife also did smocking, he set about inventing a pleating machine. The inspiration for this machine came from the humble mangle with rollers which most households in those days used for squeezing the water out of ★★ SEE -
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| Category | Women > Other |
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| Size | N/A |
| Brand | None |
| Condition | Good |
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