CERTAIN IMPROVE- MENTS IN ORNAMENTING TEXTILE AND OTHER FABRICS
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexandre Maximilien Mennet, Merchant, of Paris,
Town of the French Empire, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN ORNAMENTING TEXTILE AND OTHER FABRICS."
Sealed the 26th October 1855, and dated the 17th May 1855.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alexandre Maximilien
Mennet at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 17th May 1855.
I, ALEXANDRE MAXIMILIEN MENNET, Merchant, of Paris, Town of the
French Empire, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING TEXTILE AND OTHER FABRICS to be
as follows:-
My Invention consists in ornamenting fabrics, particularly those employed
for wearing apparel, with real or artificial stones, gems, porcelain, and all
substances in relief. This ornamentation may be applied in regular order or
otherwise upon any kind of fabric, blonde, lace, velvet, tulle, &c. I fix them
by cement, rivets, screws, by sewing, or other suitable means. To hide as far
as possible the application of the ornament on the reverse of the fabric, I apply
over the parts where the ornaments have been fixed a lining or shield. In
fixing the ornaments upon the fabrics, they may be arranged so as to harmonize
with the pattern thereon. To apply diamonds and jewels, I set them in a

page_text: regular frame or mounting, provided at the back with prongs, which are
inserted through the fabric, turned down and covered by a metal or other
shield, cemented, sewn, or otherwise attached to the back of the fabric.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Alexandre Maximilien Mennet in the Great Seal Patent
Office ou the 29th October 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALEXANDRE
MAXIMILIEN MENNET, Merchant, of Paris, Town of the French Empire, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the eighteenth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Alexandre Maximilien Mennet, Her special licence that J, the said Alexandre
Maximilien Mennet, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Alexandre Maximilien Mennet,.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
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING TEXTILE AND OTHER FABRICS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Alexandre Maximilien Mennet,
by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alexandre Maximilien Mennet, 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 thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunt
annexed, that is to say:
My Invention consists in ornamenting fabrics (particularly those employed
for wearing apparel) with real or artificial stones, gems, porcelain, and al
substances in relief. This ornamentation may be applied in regular order, o

page_text: so as to form patterns, designs, or devices, or otherwise, on any description of
fabric, blonde, lace, velvet, silk, &, and the ornaments may be fastened to the
fabric by cement, rivets, screws, sewing, or other suitable means. To hide as
far as possible the application of the ornament on the reverse of the fabric, I
line the fabric throughout, or apply on the under or reverse side of the fabric
over the parts where the ornaments have been fixed a lining or shield, plain or
ornamental. To apply diamonds, jewels, and real or artificial stones, cameos,
or other similar ornaments, I set them in a frame or mounting, provided at
the back with prongs, tongues, or cramps, which are inserted through the
fabric and turned down; these prongs may be covered by a metal or other
shield, cemented, sewn, or otherwise attached to the back of the fabric; or a
shield or disc may be so attached and recessed or grooved as to receive the
cramps or prongs; or the stone, &, may be set in a mounting with a double
set of prongs or cramps, one set to hold the stone and the other to pass through
the fabric.
The Drawings annexed illustrate my improvements. Figure 1 is a strip of
fabric decorated with various ornaments or devices. The whole ornament
may be formed by the application of a stone or substance in relief, as at d, d, d,
or a flower, device, or design may be printed, embroidered, or otherwise
applied on the fabric, and then ornamented or decorated with gems or other
substances in relief, as at a, b, k, &; where a is a flower on the fabric; b, a
gem inserted, as shewn.
Figures 2 and 3 represent a method of fastening a stone or gem in a mounting
and to a fabric. a is the fabric; b, a gem or stone; d, the setting or mounting,
which is provided with grips, cramps, or prongs c, e, some of which c are bent
in an upward direction over the stone, so as to hold or embrace it firmly, while
the others e are bent in a downward direction, and pass into and through the
fabric, so as to fix the setting therein; or they may be bent back into grooves
or recesses in a metallic disc or shield placed under or on the reverse side of
the fabric.
Figure 4 is a plan, and Figure 5 a side view in section, of another method
of mounting a stone in a fabric. a is the fabric; b, the stone or other orna-
ment; d, the mounting, which consists of prongs, grips, or cramps c, e, some
of which c are bent over the stone, and others e pass through and under
the fabric.
Figures 6 and 7 represent a similar arrangement; but in this case the
cramps are bent over a flat disc or shield h, applied on the under or reverse
side of the fabric; and Figures 8 and 9 shew the same method of fastening;
but in this instance the shield h is of a curved shape. The ornaments may be

page_text: applied to plain, colored, or ornamented fabrics, and may either be used as the
only ornamentation of the fabric, or may be employed in conjunction with
devices, ornaments, or designs produced by embroidery, needle-work, printing,
or in any other manner.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim, as constituting
my said Invention, the ornamenting fabrics in the manner herein-before
described, and represented in the Drawings annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alexandre Maximilien Mennet, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of October, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
Witness,
CH. ARMENGAUD, Civil Engineer,
6, Filles du Calvaire, à Paris.
A. M. MENNET. (L.B.)