PRODUCTION OF ORNAMENTAL FRILLINGS
Year: 1884

page_text: MARIAN JACKSON of 134 The Chase Nottingham in the County of Nottingham-
shire do hereby declare the nature of my invention for A NEW PRODUCTION OF
ORNAMENTAL FRILLINGS to be as follows:-
A Frilling to form a continuos Star without showing on the front side any stitch
or other fastning which is made by pleating or gophering &c the material at such
an angle that each pleat &c forms a segment of the regular or irregular circle or
Star to be formed up to a given point the angle is then altered to such a pitch as
to form a sweeping curve so as to commence the next circle or star finishing at the
former angle thus producing one conplete Star or circle with its center at a given
distance from the previous one without reversing the material to give greater effect
to the pattern I print one side of the material This frilling can be produced in
Variety by machinery The breadth the size of pleat or gopher to be made as
desirable The sewing or fastening is continuously under the edge of the last Star.
or circle.
Dated this seventh day of January 1884.

page_text: I MARIAN JACKSON, of 134, The Chase, Nottingham, in the County of
Nottingham, do hereby declare the nature, of my invention for A NEW PRODUCTION
OF ORNAMENTAL FRILLING, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
A frilling to form a continuous star, without showing on the front side any
stitch or other fastening, I make in the following manner, I take a width of lace,
muslin, velvet or other fabric, and pass it through a goffering, fluting, pleating,
kilting or crimping machine, provided with traversing guides, actuated in either of
the usual ways, well known in the frilling trade, so as to traverse the fabric,
alternately to the right and left as it is fed to the machine, and either press it
down upon itself, or upon a band in the usual way as shown at Figure 1, and after
severing such fabric at the centre as shown by the dotted line, I take one such half
width of vandyked or scolloped edged fabric and guide the straight edge into a
circle, by a suitable machine, for a given distance at such an angle that each goffer,
flute, pleat, kilt or crimp, forms a segment of a regular or irregular circle, or star,
up to a given point, the angle is then altered to such a pitch as to form a sweeping
curve, previous to commencing the next circle or star, by which the distance
between the first circle or star and the next circle or star is determined, the
movements being repeated, a star frilling as shown at Figure 2, or a circular
frilling as shown at Figure 3 is produced in any continuous length required. The
distance of the centres of the circles or stars may be varied as required, thus
producing a great variety of ornamental frilling according to the width of material
and size of goffer, flute, pleat, kilt, or crimp employed. The sewing or fastening
being continuously under the edge of the last circle or star produced, except when
the distance between the centres of the circles or stars exceed their radius, then the
stitching or fastening made by the machinery employed is not unsightly. To give
greater effect to the pattern, before passing the plain fabric through goffering,
fluting, pleating, kilting, or crimping machine, I print one side of it with an
expanded design, which is condensed to the design required by being goffered,
fluted, pleated, kilted or crimped.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is the production by machinery of continuous circle or star frillings.
Dated this seventh day of October 1884.
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Agent.