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Jacob William Davis (born Jākobs Jufess; Russian: Якоб Яковлевич Юфес, May 14, 1831 – January 20, 1908) was a Russian-American tailor of Latvian Jewish origin who is credited with inventing modern jeans.
Jacob W. Davis was a tailor who invented pants reinforcement with copper rivets. He was born in 1831 in Riga, Latvia where he trained and worked as a tailor. In 1854 he immigrated to the United States and opened a tailor shop in New York. He changed name there, moved to Main and in 1954 to San Francisco.
8 ott 2015 · Here are a few fun facts about Jacob: Jacob William Davis was known as “J.W.” He was born in Riga, Latvia, in 1831; immigrated to the U.S. in 1854; and was naturalized as an American citizen in 1871. Jacob also invented a button fastened with a screw, a type of steam-powered canal boat and a tailor’s ironing and stretching board.
29 gen 2024 · Jacob W. Davis and Levi Strauss are considered the brains behind the invention of jeans. Despite this, the exact inventor of jeans remains a matter of historical debate. The debate surrounding the inventor of jeans often revolves around the contributions of the tailor, Jacob Davis.
19 feb 2021 · Nel 1873, Jacob W. Davis, un sarto del Nevada, confeziona dei pantaloni in denim richiestogli dalla moglie di un taglialegna. Il sarto, però, ha un’idea: inserisce in alcuni dai punti più critici (come le tasche) dei rivetti di rame.
La storia dei Jeans: sono Levi Strauss e Jacob Davis a brevettarli. Per quasi un secolo e mezzo sarà il capo d'abbigliamento più diffuso al mondo. Un martedì, giorno della settimana apparentemente insignificante, è invece un giorno molto importante. Nascono infatti i blue jeans, ed è il 20 maggio 1873.
20 mag 2010 · On May 20, 1873, Jacob W. Davis received patent #139,121 for an “improvement in fastening pocket openings.” Davis’s improvement consisted of “the employment of a metal rivet or eyelet at each edge of the pocket opening to prevent the ripping of the seam at those points.”
