A New or Improved Convertible Outer Garment for Ladies' Wear.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Feb., 1894-Accepted, 14th Apr., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Convertible Outer Garment for Ladies' Wear.
I, JOHN MITCHELL of 13 Distaff Lane in the City of London, Agent do hereby
declare the nature of this invention which has been communicated to me by Paul
Lamm of Hausvoigtai Platz 9 Berlin in the Empire of Germany to be as.
follows:
This invention relates to an outer garment or jacket for ladies' wear comprising
two separate or separable parts each of which can also be worn by itself, that is to.
say, the one us a fitting jacket and the other as a cape which falls loosely round the
shoulders.
When the two portions are worn together as one garment the upper portion
forms a fitting jacket of fashionable shape and the other portion is worn round the
waist forming a loose compound continuation downwards over the hips. This lower
portion may be preferably so cut as to fall plain in front and in pleats at the back
of the garment. When used separately the jacket portion can be worn as an
ordinary fitting jacket and may be made with or without collar and revers of any
fashionable or desired design. The other portion when worn separately forms a
preferably double cape hanging loosely over the shoulders and descending to about
or near the waist or of such other depth as may have been designed.
The front or meeting edges of the cape are arranged to turn back and form
revers and the portion of the compound continuation which formed a little upper
skiri and which is of the right dimensions to fit the neck, turns up and forms neck
collar.
Dated the 5th day of December 1893.
NEWNHAM BROWNE,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Convertible Outer Garment for Ladies' Wear.
I, JOHN MITCHELL, of 13, Distaff Lane, in the City of London, Agent, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed which has been communicated to me by Paul Lamm, of Hansvoigtai
Platz 9, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an outer garment or jacket, for ladies wear, comprising
two separate or separable parts each of which can also be worn by itself, that is to
say, the one as a fitting jacket and the other as a cape which falis loosely round
the shoulders.
When the two portions are worn together as one garment the upper portion
formis a fitting jacket of fashionable shape and the other portion is worn round
the waist forming a loose compound continuation downward over the hip. This
lower portion may be preferably so cut as to fall plain in front and in pleats at
the back of the garment. When used separately the jacket portion can be used
as an ordinary fitting jacket and may be made with or without collar and revers
of any fashionable or desired design. The other portion when worn separately
forms a preferably double cape hanging loosely over the shoulders and descending
to about or near the waist or of such other depth as may have been designed.

page_text: The front or meeting edges of the cape are arranged to turn back and form
revers and the other portion of the compound continuation which formed a little
upper skirt, and which is of the right dimensions to fit the neck, turns up and
forms a neck collar.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings
Fig. 1 is a representation of a front view of the entire garment ;
Fig. 2, is a back view of the same;
Fig. 3, is a front view of the fitting-jacket portion as worn separately, and
Fig. 4, is a front view of the other or skirt portion worn as a cape.
Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 represent the shape of the various pieces of which the jacket
is made and
Fig. 9 is an alternative method of cutting some parts of same garment but of
somewhat greater length and with a slight variation of fashion.
A, is the fitting body: B, the skirt portion shown in Fig. 4 as a cape.
Fig. 5 represents the parts shown in Fig. 4 and also shown as the lower part B
in Fig. 1. c is the half piece which forms the under, or principal part, of the
skirt as shown in Fig. 1, or as the principal cape in Fig. 4, d is the half upper.
skirt of Fig. 1, or cape of Fig. 4, and, e, half the collar. The piece e does not
reach so far forward as do the pieces c, and d, as is shown in Fig. 1 and when
this part is worn as a cape and the piece e turned up to form the collar, the
portions of c and d which extend beyond e are turned back to form revers as shown
in Fig. 4.
Fig. 6 represents one sleeve;
front portion.
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the upper or back portion, and g the under or
Fig. 7 represents the pieces forming one half of the body, is the back, i the
side piece, and the front, the free edges m of which turn back to form revers.
Fig. 8, is the collar.
Fig. 9, shows an alternative method of cutting the body pieces of this garment
of somewhat greater length than those in Fig. 7. is the back, i the side piece,
a further side piece, & the front, and m the revers. In this form, when the two
parts are worn together the skirt piece B is fastened round the waist under the
portions, and and then passing out between and k, the seam between which
is left open below the waist, it is fastened in front over the parts k and m.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
1. The new or improved convertible garment for ladies' wear substantially as
herein before described and shown in the drawings.
2. A lady's jacket consisting of a body A and a skirt B separable from each
other and which skirt is constructed to be worn as a cape substantially as described
and shown in the drawings.
3. A lady's jacket having a skirt-piece detachable from the body and capable of
being worn as a cape, the front edges being made to turn back and form revers
and thus reducing the length of that part from the circumference of the waist to
that of the neck substantially as described and shown.
Dated the 21st day of February 1894.
JOHN MITCHELL.