An Improved Figured Cloth Suitable for Mantles, Ladies' Dresses, or Upholstery.
Year: 1887

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Date of Application, 3rd June, 1887
Complete Left, 5th Mar., 1888]
Complete Accepted, 6th Apr., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Figured Cloth Suitable for Mantles, Ladies' Dresses, or
Upholstery.
I THOMAS RUTHERFORD ASHENHURST of 5 Ashgrove Bradford, in the County of
York, Technical Instructor, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object the production of a new, or novel, fabric suitable for
use as Mantle Cloths, Ladies dresses or Upholstery purposes. The cloth may be woven
in the ordinary manner of Double Cloths, that is, consisting of two separate or distinct
fabrics exchanging places in such manner as to form figures and bound together at
suitable intervals. Or it may be woven on the principle set forth in the specification
of Thomas Taylor and Jacob Warburton A.D. 1881 19th May No. 2196, and upon
this plan by preference. In the weaving the ground or the figure or both may form
plain, twilled or other suitable order of interweaving. In the production of the Cloth
I employ two distinct classes of material, one for the ground or body of the Cloth, and
the other for the figure, such as fine soft wool and Mohair, fine soft Wool and Alpaca,
Fine soft Wool and Silk. Or I may substitute Cotton for the fine Wool, or combine
Cotton and Linen, the object of this combination being that one portion of the Cloth
shall be dull and of such a nature that it will shrink considerably in the process of
dyeing or finishing and the other portion shall be bright and lustrous and possess
shrinking properties in the smallest possible degree, thus making a marked distinction
between the figure and ground of the cloth.
Dated this 2nd day of June 1997

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Figured Cloth Suitable for Mantles, Ladies' Dresses, or
Upholstery.
I THOMAS RUTHERFORD ASHENHURST of 5 Ashgrove, Bradford, in the West Riding
of the County of York, Technical Instructor do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion 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 production of a new or novel fabric suitable for
use as Mantle Cloths, Ladies Dresses or upholstery purposes. The Cloth may be
woven in the ordinary manner of double cloths, that is, consisting of two separate or
distinct fabrics exchanging places in such manner as to form figures and bound together
at suitable intervals, or it may be woven on the principle set forth in the specification
of Thomas Taylor, and Jacob Warburton A.1). 1881 19th May, No. 2196, and upon
this plan by preference. In the weaving the ground or figure, or both, may form
plain, twilled or other suitable form of interweaving. In the production of the cloth [
employ two distinct classes of material, one for the ground or body of the cloth, and
the other for the figure, such as fine soft Wool and Mohair, fine soft Wool and Alpaca,
fine soft Wool and Silk, or I may substitute Cotton for the fine Wool or combine
Cotton and Linen. The object of this combination being that one portion of the cloth
shall be dull, and of such a nature that it will shrink considerably in the process of
dyeing or finishing, and the other portion shall be bright and lustrous and possess
shrinking properties in the smallest possible degree, thus making a marked distinction
between the figure and ground of the cloth.
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 :-
The use of two distinct classes of material in the production of the fabric each
possessing distinct qualities and properties as herein described, and the production of
patterns or figures upon the fabric, in the manner, and for the purpose herein set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of March 1888.