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The Singer Company first started production of its oscillating shuttle, high arm Improved Family machine in 1879.
It was designed for domestic and light industrial sewing and came mainly fitted into treadle tables or cabinets, with just a few supplied as hand crank machines.
Some of the earliest models had a fiddle shaped base with the serial number at the back and used a 'long beak' shuttle.
In 1895 the Improved Family machine was mechanically altered and the appearance changed, and so the Singer 15 was born.
It was to be the most successful sewing machine design ever, remaining in production for over 100 years, although it did undergo several improvements during that time.
The original Singer 15’s, like all the other early domestic Singer machines came as the usual treadle or cabinet versions or as a hand crank model.
Later models were either electric or hand crank machines.
With the class 15 Singer introduced a new design of needle with a flat on one side of the shank.
This was given the designation 15x1.
This design became pretty much the standard needle used not just in most future Singer domestic machines, but also those of virtually all other makers.
Under more modern classification systems the same needle design is also known as a 2020 or 130/705H
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