Improvements in Embellishing Textile Fabrics and Articles of other Suitable Materials.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Mar., 1887.
Specification Accepted, 26th July, 1887
Improvements in Embellishing Textile Fabrics and Articles of other
Suitable Materials.
I THOMAS STEVENS of Lordship Lodge Lordship Road Stoke Newington Middlesex
manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
Hitherto, where it has been the custom to produce fancy designs on articles such as
bat and cap tips, hat and cap linings, purses, Antimacassars made of piece goods and
a variety of other articles and fabrics, the fancy designs, letters, or monograms.have
either been printed on or woven in the article thus ornamented. When the methods
aforesaid have been employed, it has not been possible to produce the fabrics thus
embellished or illuminated, in any number of colours, or on any suitable article, in an
expeditious manner without entailing much labour and expense.
By my invention I am enabled to produce designs, crests, mottoes, and pictures
consisting of portraits, landscapes, buildings, flowers, figures, animals, birds, and other
subjects woven in silk or other suitable material, also of any shape, size, number and
variety of colours, and affix them to fabrics such as silk, satin, cloth, alpaca, leather,
linen, calico, muslin, merino, velvets, plush or mixtures of silk cotton, worsted alpaca
etc. also cardboard, pulpboard, strawboard, wood, etc. My invention is applicable to
such articles as hat and cap tips, hat and cap linings, pocket books, purses, cigar
cases, ladies scarfs, ties, fire and room screens, box tops inside and out, and made of
paper, cardboard, pulpboard, strawboard or wood, antimacassars, pillow cases, sofa
covers, chair seats and backs, ladies dresses or insertions in ladies dresses, shawls,
handkerchiefs, fancy bags, wrappers, leather cases, book covers etc.
My invention may be described as follows, reference being had to the accompanying
drawings and the figures marked thereon, similar letters referring to similar parts
throughout.
Fig. 1 shews a picture woven in silk or other fibre or fibres. Fig. 2 represents the
picture placed on the article to be embellished therewith. Fig. 3 is a perspective
view of a die or stamp, forming part of an ordinary blocking machine. Fig. 4 shews
the woven picture securely attached to the article to be embellished. In the first
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page_text: operation of performing my invention, I first design, draught and stamp cards for
the pictures, designs, crests, or mottoes to be woven which pictures are then woven
by special machinery and which pictures may be any desired shape, or size as
shown in Fig. 1. to suit the article to be embellished therewith. In the second
operation the picture so produced is prepared with a suitable adhesive and is then
placed in any desired position on the article to be embellished as shown in Fig. 2. In
the third operation the woven picture, design, motto or crest together with the article
to be embellished are stamped together by a heated die or stamp (fig. 3) which
forms part of an ordinary blocking machine. It will be noticed by reference to
the drawings, that the edge of the die or stamp is somewhat smaller than the
outward edge of the picture, design, or crest, and said edge of die is provided with an
ornamental border, which may be of any desired pattern, and may be prepared
with gold or silver leaf, in such a manner that when the heated die or stamp is
brought forcibly down on to the picture, design, crest or motto the said picture,
design, crest or motto is not only secured to the article to be embellished by reason of
the adhesive preparation on the back thereof, but in consequence of the great
pressure applied to the heated die or stamp the edges of the picture, design, crest or
motto are welded as it were in one piece with the article to be embellished and the
joint therewith rendered invisible, but shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4. By this
operation and by one movement of the die, or stamp, the before mentioned design,
which forms part of the said stamp or die is impressed in such a manner that it
surrounds the woven picture design, crest or motto as clearly shown in Fig. 4.
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 :-
1. The combination of woven designs attached to fabrics and other suitable materials
by means of an adhesive and a die substantially as and in the manner hereinbefore set
forth illustrated and described.
2. The combination of woven designs attached to fabrics and other suitable
materials by means of an adhesive and a die which by the same operation impresses a
border or description around the design substantially as and in the manner herein-
before set forth illustrated and described.