IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDOW CURTAINS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, FREDERICK HARRY GOODYER of Broad Marsh, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire,
Lace Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDOW CURTAINS," and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement that is to say :-
My said Invention relates more particularly to lace curtains but it may be
applied to other curtains and it has for its object the making or finishing of a
curtain in such an improved manner that a part or parts of it may be used to form
a lambrequin.
It has been before attempted to make or form a lace curtain so that part of it
could be used to form a lambrequin but objections have been urged against such
curtains principally on account of the peculiar formation which necessitates some
portions of the manufactured fabric being cut away and wasted, narrowing the
finished curtain which even then is not convenient for use in every case, being only
suitable for placing in the middle of a window.
In carrying out my said Invention I form a curtain preferably slightly longer
than usual, but it may be of the usual length, and at a portion of one or both ends,
it has a distinct pattern formed on it if preferred from the body or rest of the
curtain, and round the whole curtain I make or form a continuous border and
preferably with rounded corners either at both or one end. By this novel
arrangement of border either end of the curtain may be utilised to form a
lambrequin by placing a portion of the curtain end over a curtain pole or support
and fixing or fastening by hooks, pins, or other suitable means in a well known
manner, the curtain round the pole, and if desired also gathering in the middle to
give an artistic appearance.
And in order that my said Invention and the manner of performing the same
may be properly understood I hereunto append a sheet of explanatory drawings to
be hereinafter referred to and representing my improved arrangements.
The accompanying drawing represents a window 1 having one of my improved
curtains arranged in front of it suspended over an ordinary curtain rod 2.
A portion of one end of the curtain A having a continuous finished border all
round it, is passed over the rod 2 so as to hang down in front of the body of the
curtain near the top. This overhanging piece will thus form a lambrequin B of

page_text: itself, being pinned or otherwise suitably fastened and gathered up at the middle
and fastened with a bow of ribbon 5 as preferred. As herein before stated either
end may be used to form the lambrequin if the curtain be formed with a continuous
border round it. One of the advantages of the Invention is, that the improved
curtain may be used for being placed before the middle, or either side of a window,
and the lower part near the ground may be looped up to either side of the window
and yet look symmetrical.
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 forming of a curtain with a continuous finished border all round, and
utilising a portion of one end to form a lambrequin.