, ▁the ▁mach in ery ▁produced ▁whole ▁cloth . ▁The ▁world ' s ▁first ▁se wing ▁machine ▁was ▁pat ented ▁in ▁ 1 7 9 0 ▁by ▁Thomas ▁Saint . ▁By ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 8 4 0 s , ▁other ▁early ▁se wing ▁machines ▁began ▁to ▁appear . ▁Bar th é le my ▁Th im onn ier ▁introduced ▁a ▁simple ▁se wing ▁machine ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 1 ▁to ▁produce ▁military ▁uniform s ▁for ▁France ' s ▁army ; ▁shortly ▁after ward , ▁a ▁mob ▁of ▁tail ors ▁broke ▁into ▁Th im onn ier ' s ▁shop ▁and ▁threw ▁the ▁machines ▁out ▁of ▁ ▁the ▁windows , ▁bel ieving ▁the ▁machines ▁would ▁put ▁them ▁out ▁of ▁work . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁ 1 8 5 0 s , ▁Isaac ▁S inger ▁developed ▁the ▁first ▁se wing ▁machines ▁that ▁could ▁operate ▁quickly ▁and ▁accur ately ▁and ▁sur pass ▁the ▁product ivity ▁of ▁a ▁se am str ess ▁or ▁tail or ▁se wing ▁by ▁hand . ▁ ▁While ▁much ▁cl othing ▁was ▁still ▁produced ▁at ▁home ▁by ▁female ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁family , ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁ready - made ▁clothes ▁for ▁the ▁middle ▁classes ▁were ▁being ▁produced ▁with ▁se wing ▁machines . ▁Text ile ▁swe at sh ops ▁full ▁of ▁poor ly ▁paid ▁se wing ▁machine ▁operators ▁grew ▁into ▁entire ▁business ▁districts ▁in ▁large ▁cities ▁like ▁London ▁and ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁To ▁further ▁support ▁the ▁industry , ▁piece ▁work ▁was ▁done ▁for ▁little ▁money ▁by ▁women ▁living ▁in ▁sl ums . ▁Need