| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Although the lock-stitch sewing machine was invented in 1846, hand sewing was still important, and until the early 1900s a housewife had a sewing kit filled with the tools of the trade: scissors, thimble, bobbin to wind thread, needle case, awl to make holes, and compartments to hold pins, buttons and other small objects.
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