AN IMPROVED METHOD OF PRODUCING FIGURES OR ORNAMENTS IN OR UPON A CERTAIN DESCRIPTION OR.. KIND OF GOODS MANUFACTURED FROM SILK, COTTON, FLAX, OR OTHER THREAD OB YARN
Year: 1825

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
HEATHCOAT, of Tiverton, in the County of Devon, Lace Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Fourth, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of His United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland called England, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-fifth day
of February, One thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, did, for Himself,
His heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said John Heathcoat,
His especial license that I, the said John Heathcoat, my exors, admors,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Heathcoat, my exors, admors,
or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times during the term of years therein specified, should and law-
fully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF
PRODUCING FIGURES OR ORNAMENTS IN OR UPON A CERTAIN DESCRIPTION OR..
KIND OF GOODS MANUFACTURED FROM SILK, COTTON, FLAX, OR OTHER THREAD
OB YARN;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging
me, the said John Heathcoat, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
seal, particularly to describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, and to cause the same to be
inrolled-in-His-Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in

page_text: and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large
appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
John Heathcoat, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, are particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following description thereof, that is to say :-
That my method consists in the use and substitution of purl, an article well
known in the lace trade, instead of needlework or other arts of embroidery
usually practised for the production of ornamental designs or figures upon
lace or net. In illustration of this method of producing ornamental.designs or
figures I shall proceed to describe three several modes of employing the purl.
Firstly, I take a piece of lace, and extend it upon a frame. The fabric being
thus extended or stretched, I trace designs upon it. I then take a sufficient
length of purl, and attach it upon the lace, following the design traced thereon.
In this manner I form upon the piece of lace bouquets, flowers, or other
embellishments, in imitation of the embroidery commonly called Brussells
sprigs.
Secondly, the ornaments may be formed by pinning or otherwise slightly
attaching the purl upon a cushion upon which the design or pattern has been
previously traced. The lace is then to be laid upon the ornament, and united
to it by the needle. This being done, the pins or other means by which
the purl is fastened upon the cushion are to be removed, and the ornament
remains upon the lace.
Thirdly, I also form ornaments from purl in the manner following:-
I trace upon paper or other suitable substance the intended designs
or patterns, and attach the paper or other suitable substance to a cushion.
I then take a sufficient length of the purl, and having made one end
fast upon the paper or other suitable substance, I proceed gradually to pin
down and sew or attach together with the needle such parts of the purl
as are requisite to make it assume the same design or pattern as that traced
upon the
paper or other suitable substance. The ornament thus produced is
then detached from the paper pattern. In this state of complete preparation
these ornaments are ready for use or sale, and may be applied after the same
manner as Brussels sprigs for the embellishment of lace.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Heathcoat, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Twenty-fourth day of August, One thousand eight
hundred and twenty-five.
JOHN HEATHCOAT. (L.S.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-fourth day of August.
in the year of our Lord 1825, the aforesaid John Heathcoat came before our
said Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form above
written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the
tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.