Dorothy benson 1930s a teacher with singer's sewing machine works in london?

Question

i am researching the birth of the first embroidery machine - around 1755 and persons connected with early machine embroidery as in dorothy benson at singers sewing machine company in london around the 1930s.do you know of anyone around that era ? or early history of the embroidery machine?

Answer 1

Actually, machine embroidery is quite a bit older than the 1930s -- see, for example, the marvelous book "Singer Instructions for Art Embroidery".  Check the first copyright date...

Or are you talking about automated machinery for embroidery?