AN IMPROVED TABLE, WASHSTAND, MIRROR, &C. COMBINED IN ONE PIECE OF FURNITURE
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Nunn, of 7, Church Street, Hackney, Middle-
sex, Picture Frame and Looking Glass Manufacturer, for the Invention
of "AN IMPROVED TABLE, WASHSTAND, MIRROR, &C. COMBINED IN ONE
PIECE OF FURNITURE."
Sealed the 3rd June 1856, and dated the 5th December 1855.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Nunn at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th.
December 1855.
I, WILLIAM NUNN, of 7, Church Street, Hackney, Middlesex, Picture
Frame & Looking Glass Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for AN IMPROVED TABLE, WASHSTAND, MIRROR, &c. COMBINED IN
ONE PIECE OF FURNITURE, to be as follows:-
I place a mirror of sufficient size to shew the whole of the human figure at
the back of a toilet or other table, the upper part of such mirror appearing
sufficiently above the table, so as to answer the same purpose as an ordinary
dressing glass; and by the arrangement of the said table in parts, I remove
by various means the parts of table from before the mirror; or else, by means
of slides, hinges, wheels, &c., I draw the mirror & frame from behind the
table when required to see the whole of figure.
I make also the table to contain a drawer, which is drawn out and contains
wash basin, with valves, cocks, pipes, and all necessary appurtenances, the same

page_text: provided with elastic pipes for the supply and waste water, also a reservoir to
be fixed in certain parts of table to contain water, as also a cistern in other
parts for the waste water; the whole of which washing apparatus to be shut
up from view when not in use. The foregoing washing apparatus to be
combined with a table by means of a drawer, with or without the mirror.
I also propose to manufacture parts of the aforesaid improved table, and
apply them to cheval glasses. I also propose to manufacture a cheval glass
in such manner that, when turned glass-side downwards, the back of glass
shall be so finished as to form a convenient & useful table; or else manu-
facture a table in such manner as, when the top is turned up, the under
side of said top shall contain a mirror, and form a toilet table, or cheval glass,
or both.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Nuun in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
5th June 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
NUNN, of 7, Church Street, Hackney, in the County of Middlesex, Picture
Frame and Looking Glass Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the nineteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said William Nunn, Her special licence that I, the said William Nunn, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William
Nunn, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for AN IMPROVED TABLE, WASHSTAND,
MIRROR, &C. COMBINED IN ONE PIECE OF FURNITURE, upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said William Nunn, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.

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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Nunn, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, namely:-
I place a mirror of sufficient size to shew the whole of the human figure at
the back or other part of a toilette or other table, the upper part of the said
mirror appearing sufficiently above the table as to answer the purpose of an
ordinary dressing glass; and by the arrangements of the said table in parts, 1
remove by various means the parts of table from before the mirror; or by
means of slides, binges, screws, &c., I draw the mirrow from behind the table
when required to see the whole of the figure. I make also the table to con-
tain a drawer, which contains wash basin, with valves, cocks, pipes, and all
necessary appurtenances, the same provided with elastic pipes for the supply and.
waste water, also a reservoir to contain water, of various shapes, and fixed in'
various parts of the table, as also a cistern for the waste water in other parts;
the whole washing apparatus, when not in use, to be shut up from view.
I propose also to make a washstand, as before mentioned, in connexion
with the dressing or other table, without the larger mirror affixed. I also pro-
pose to manufacture parts of the aforesaid improved table, and apply them to
cheval glasses. I also propose to manufacture a cheval glass in connexion
with parts of the improved table, with or without the washing apparatus, in
such manner that, when turned glass-side downwards, the back to glass shall
be finished in such manner as to form a convenient and useful table; also
manufacture a table in such manner as, when the top is turned up, the under
side of such top shall contain a mirror, and form a toilette table, or cheval
glass, or both.
The object I have in view is to supply a want long felt, where space is an
object, and also economy in expence; for, by means of the improved combi-
nation table, a lady can immediately and with facility draw the said table into
the centre of her dressing-room, and by simply turning down the mirror and
flaps of table top fixed at the back of same, which then becomes a centro table),
at a moment's notice change her dressing-room into a boudoir or sitting-room.
In like manner a gentleman may change his dressing-room into a study, sitting
or smoking-room; or, where the same combination table, &c. &c. is placed
in a chamber, the same can in like manner, in time of sickness, or when
required, be used as an ordinary table, and in some arrangements the wash-
stand may be used when in such position. I also consider the whole of the
combination or parts thereof may be used and fitted up with great advantage in
ships' cabins or state rooms.

page_text: In the Drawing.accompanying this Specification, Fig. 1st represents a front
view of one description of the improved combination table; A, A, being the
mirrow, appearing above the table and continued below the top of same.
Fig. 2d represents the same table, &c. with the front part B, B, removed
down below, the,glass by means of slides, grooves, &c., and supported either by
spring rollers, weights, or any other convenient mode.
Fig. 3 is a side view of the same table; the drawer D drawn out of part
B, and containing washing apparatus, &c. &c.; C being a flap to turn up as
a splash board.
Fig. 4 is a side view of the same table, with a jointed top affixed at the back
of glass, and turned down to form an ordinary table.
Although in the foregoing description I have only described one form or
mode of applying or combining. the various parts, I wish it to be understood
that the principle of the improvements and combinations admits of many and
various-arrangements, both as it regards the, means employed to shew the
whole surface of mirror, as also to fit up the washing apparatus; therefore
I do not confine myself, to any particular arrangement, pattern, or form of
the various parts, neither..do I confine; the principle of the various combina-
tions herein-before part described, to the form of a table strictly speaking, but
apply, them to, cheffioners, sideboards, &c. occasionally used to place things
upon.
Having. described the nature of, my Invention, and the manner of carrying
the same into effect, I claim, under the herein-before part recited Letters
Patent, the application or. combination. of a cheval glass, with a dressing or
other. table, &c., the same.with or without the washing apparatus attached, and
the said chevall glass fitted with a table top on back, or not, also to make the
part of, table in front of mirror or leave. the same open.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Nunn, have hereunto set my
hand-and-seal, this Fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.