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Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Isaac Merrit Singer
Isaac Merrit Singer
Standard Name:
Singer, Isaac Merrit
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Violet Trefusis
In 1923
Denys Trefusis
introduced
VT
to a member of his musical circle, the
Princesse de Polignac
.
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Trefusis, Violet, and Philippe Jullian.
Don’t Look Round
. Hutchinson.
86
She was born
Winnaretta Singer
, the eighteenth child of the
sewing machine inventor
.
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Souhami, Diana.
Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter
. Flamingo.
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1851: Isaac Merrit Singer patented his continuous...
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1851
Isaac Merrit Singer
patented his continuous stitch sewing machine design, and founded the company which still bears his name.
1856: Isaac Singer opened his first sewing machine...
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1856
Isaac Singer
opened his first sewing machine retail outlet, in
Glasgow
; Singer's store was among the first to sell only one brand of merchandise.
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