No, we didn’t know such a thing as Sewing Machine Day existed either, but we can’t resist any opportunity to revisit this stamp:

These two streamlined sewing machines (don’t you wish you had one?) were designed by Dave Chapman, who is probably best known for his innovative and award-winning designs for classroom furniture. The sewing machines—whose chrome grilles evoked the sleek look of contemporary automobiles—were shown at the first exhibition of the American Society of Industrial Designers in 1947.

Chapman studied architecture at the Armour Institute of Technology (later known as the Illinois Institute of Technology). In 1933, he joined Montgomery Ward, first as an architect and then as head of product design. He left in 1936 to open his own industrial design office, with clients that included Corning Glass, Maytag, Hamilton Beach, Parker Pens, Johnson Motors, Inc., and Sears. In 1950, Chapman served as the president of the Society of Industrial Designers. Four years later, his firm designed a line of classroom furniture for Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company. Made of tubular steel and plywood, the furniture earned the highest honor bestowed by the Society of Industrial Designers. Chapman was named a Benjamin Franklin Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1960.

The Dave Chapman stamp was one of 12 Pioneers of American Industrial Design Forever^® stamps issued in 2011 and !