IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE AND ORNAMENTATION OF TEXTILE FABRICS."
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Hemingway, of Robert Town, in the County
of York; Artist, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
AND ORNAMENTATION OF TEXTILE FABRICS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left, by the said James Hemingway at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 4th
December 1861.
1, JAMES HEMINGWAY, of Robert Town, in the County of York, Artist, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE AND ORNAMENTATION OF TEXTILE FABRICS," to be as follows:-
These improvements consist, firstly, in the combination or admixture of the
feathers or down (or both) of birds, either in natural or artificial colors, with
or in textile fabrics of silk, cotton, wool, flax, or other fibrous material or
materials, such feathers or down being subsequently raised on the surface so
as to form a pile or nap.
The improvements consist, secondly, in a similar combination or admixture
of the short-hair or fur of animals (removed from the skin) with the aforesaid
textile fabrics, such hair or fur being too short in the fibre to be spun or woven
by itself. The hair or fur thus introduced is intended to be subsequently,
raised to the surface to form a pile or nap on the fabric as before
The improvements consist, thirdly, in the ornamentation of the aforesaid
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page_text: textile fabrics by the combination or admixture therewith in figures or orna-
mental designs (on a plain ground) of such feathers, down, hair, or fur, cither
separately or combined. The aforesaid combinations or admixtures may be
effected either by the introduction of the feathers, down, fur, or hair among
the other fibrous material during the preparation of the same for spinning, or
by the introduction of the same into the shed during the process of weaving.
The improvements consist, fourthly, in the application or insertion of the
whole or parts of the skins of animals, birds, or fishes (either in their natural
colors or artificially colored) to or in the aforesaid textile fabrics for the
purposes of ornamentation, such skins being placed between the shed of the
warps which are to be so interlaced above and below the said skins as to
confine the same in their desired positions, the threads which pass above the
skins being so arranged as not to hide or impair the beauty of the object
inserted. The skins may (if requisite) be further secured by stitching at
intervals, either by machine or by hand.
And, fifthly, the improvements consist in the insertion or introduction into
such fabrics in the manner lastly above described of artificial imitations of
birds, beasts, fishes, insects, reptiles, or other living animals, or of shells, trees,
plants and flowers, or other similar devices for the purposes of ornamentation.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Hemingway in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
3rd June 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
HEMINGWAY, of Robert Town, in the County of York, Artist, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her-heirs-and-successors, give-and-grant_unto
me, the said James Hemingway, Her special licence that I, the said James
Hemingway, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said James-Hemingway, my exccutors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein-expressed. should, and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE AND ORNAMENTATION OF TEXTILE FABBICS,"

page_text: upon the condition, amongst others, that I; the said James Hemingway, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their,
or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW-YE, that--I, the said James--Hemingway, -do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per
fornied, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement in writing, that is to say:-
These improvements consist, firstly, in the combination or admixture of the
feathers or parts of feathers or down (or both) of birds, either in natural or
artificial colors, with or in textile fabrics of silk, cotton, wool, flax, or other
fibrous material or materials; such feathers or down-being raised on the
surface so as to form a pile or nap.
The improvements consist, secondly, in a similar combination or admixture.
of the short hair or fur of animals (removed from the skin) with the aforesaid
textile fabrics, such hair or fur being too short in the fibre to be spun or
woven by itself. The hair or fur thus introduced is intended to obe raised to
the surface to form a pile or nap on the fabric as before.
The improvements consist, thirdly, in the ornamentation of the aforesaid
textile fabrics by the combination or admixture therewith in figures or orna-
mental designs (on a plain ground) of such feathers or paris thereof, or down,
hair, or fur, either separately or combined. The aforesaid combinations or
admixtures may be effected either by the introduction of the feathers, down,
fur, or hair among the other fibrous material during the preparation of-the
same for spinning, or by the introduction of the same into the shed, either by
hand or otherwise during the process of weaving, or by affixing the same to
the surface by adhesion or otherwise.
The improvements consist, fourthly, in the application or insertion of the
whole or parts of the skins of animals, birds, insects, reptiles, or fishes (either
in their natural colors or artificially colored) to or in the aforesaid textile
fabrics, for the purposes of ornamentation, such skins being placed between the
shed of the warps during the weaving of the fabric, which warps are to be so
interlaced with the weft above and below the said skins as to confine the same
in their desired positions, the threads which pass above the skins being so
arranged as not to hide or impair the beauty of the object_inserted. The
skins may (if requisite) be further secured to the fabric by stitching them

page_text: thereto at intervals either by machine or by hand, or otherwise affixed
thereto.
Fifthly, the improvements consist in the insertion or introduction into or
upon such fabrics in the manner lastly above described of artificial imitations of
birds, beasts, fishes, insects, reptiles, or other living animals, or of shells, trees,
plants, and flowers, or other similar devices, for the purposes of ornamentation.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention for
Improvements in the Manufacture and Ornamentation of Textile Fabrics,"
together with the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or
carried into practical effect, I would remark in conclusion that I claim as my
Invention,-
Firstly, the combination or admixture of the feathers or parts of feathers or
down (or both) of birds, with or in textile .fabrics, as above described, such
feathers or down being raised on the surface so as to form a pile or nap.
Secondly, the combination or admixture of the short hair or fur of animals
with or in textile fabrics, such short hair or fur being raised on the surface
thereof so as to form a pile or nap, as before described.
or
Thirdly, the ornamentation of textile fabrics by the combination
admixture therewith in figures or ornamental designs (on a plain ground)
of such feathers or parts of feathers, down, hair, or fur, either separately or
combined, as above described.
Fourthly, the ornamentation of textile fabrics by the application thereto or
insertion therein of the whole or parts of the skins of animals, birds, insects,
reptiles, or fishes, as above described.
And, fifthly, I claim the ornamentation of such fabrics by the insertion or
introduction therein or application thereto of artificial imitations of birds,
beasts, fishes, insects, reptiles, or other living animals, or of shells, trees, plants,
and flowers, or other similar devices as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Hemingway, have hereunto set