Improved Means of Attaching Gems or Ornaments to Lace and other Fabrics.
Year: 1885

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means of Attaching Gems or Ornaments to Lace and
other Fabrics.
We MARIE ROMBOUTS of 8 Rue du Marquis Brussels in the Kingdom of
Belgium Lace Manufacturer, and HENRY WILLIAM ABERLIN of 33 Ossington Street
Bayswater in the County of Middlesex, Hosier do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the ornamentation of lace and other fabrics
with gems and imitation gems and other ornaments, and it consists essentially in
the means whereby the gems &c are securely fixed to the fabric.
According to this invention the gems &c are mounted in cup shaped, claw or
other settings provided at back with a pair of metal tangs which are passed
through the lace or other fabric preferably through worked, eyeletted or otherwise
prepared holes therein and are splayed apart and clenched at the back thereof,
whereby the gems &c are firmly held in place.
The gems &c may either be arranged according to any particular design, or they
may be applied locally to heighten the effect of the design of the lace or other
fabric.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means of Attaching Gems or Ornaments to Lace and
other Fabrics.
We, MARIE ROMBOUTS, of 8 Rue du Marquis Brussels, in the Kingdom of
Belgium, Lace Manufacturer, and HENRY WILLIAM ABERLIN, of 33, Ossington
Street, Bayswater, in the County of Middlesex, Hosier, 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 :-
This Invention has for its object, the ornamentation of lace, and other fabrics
with gems, and imitation gems, and other ornaments, and it consists essentially in
the means, whereby the gems &c are securely fixed to the fabric. According to
this invention, the gems &c are mounted in cup-shaped, claw, or other settings,
provided at back with a pair of metal tangs, which are passed through the lace, or
other fabric, preferably through worked, eyeletted, or otherwise prepared holes,
therein, and are splayed apart, and clenched at the back thereof, whereby the
gems &c are firmly held in place. The gems &c may either be arranged according
to any particular design, or they may be applied locally to heighten the effect of
the design, of the lace, or other fabric. The accompanying drawing, forming part
of the Specification, represents, on a greatly magnified scale, a gem in a cup-setting,
secured by tangs, in a worked hole, in a piece of lace. Figure 1 being an elevation
of the setting, the lace being supposed to be in section, and Figure 2, being an
underside view, showing the tangs, a is the cup-setting (or it may be a claw, or
other form of setting), in which the gem, or ornament is held in the usual way,
bb are the metal tangs, formed in one with, or soldered to the back of the setting a.
These tangs stand at right angles to the back of the setting, so as to easily pass
through the worked, eyeletted, or otherwise prepared hole c, in the lace, or other
fabric, after which, they are bent down towards either side, so as that the fabric d,
is firmly clenched between them, and the back of the setting a.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
The means of securing gems, and other ornaments to lace, and other fabrics,
substantially as herein described, and shown in the drawings.
ALL
1000