A NEW KIND OF PIECE GOODS, FORMED BY A COMBINATION OF THREADS OF TWO OR MORE COLOURS, THE MANNER OF COMBINING AND DISPLAYING SUCH COLORS IN SUCH PIECE GOODS CONSTI- TUTING THE NOVELTY THEREOF
Year: 1826

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
HENRY GIBBS, of Castle Court, Lawrence Lane, London, Warchouseman, and
ABRAHAM DIXON, of Huddersfied, in the County of York, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty King George the Fourth.
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Twenty-third day of May, One thousand eight hundred and
twenty-six, in the seventh year of His reign, did, for Himself, His heirs and
successors, give and grant unto us, the said William Henry Gibbs and
Abraham Dixon, His especial licence that I, the said William Henry Gibbs
and Abraham Dixon, our exors, adûiors, and assigns, or such others as we.
the said William Henry Gibbs and Abraham Dixon, our exors, adñiors, 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 expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and
the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, our Invention of "A NEW KIND OF PIECE
GOODS, FORMED BY A COMBINATION OF THREADS OF TWO OR MORE COLOURS, THE
MANNER OF COMBINING AND DISPLAYING SUCH COLORS IN SUCH PIECE GOODS CONSTI-
TUTING THE NOVELTY THEREOF;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a
proviso, obliging us, the said William Henry Gibbs and Abraham Dixon, by
an instrument in writing under our hands and seals, or under the hand and
seal of one of us, particularly to describe and ascertain the nature of our 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

page_text: two calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said in
part recited Letters Patent, as in 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
William Henry Gibbs, do hereby declare that the nature of our said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are particularly
ascertained and described in manner following (that is to say):-
:—
Our manner of combining and displaying two or more colours in our new
kind of piece goods is by preparing the thread (previous to weaving) by
twisting together two or more threads of silk of different colors, so as to form
one variegated or parti-colored thread or threads of silk and of worsted of
different colors; or threads of silk and of woollen of different colors may
be twisted together into variegated or party-colored threads; and any required
colours may be combined in such parti-colored threads, or black may be
combined with white and with any other color; and such parti-colored threads
being composed entirely of silk, or of silk combined with worsted, or of silk
combined with woollen, are to be used in weaving our new kind of piece
goods, either for the weft of the piece, using for the warp thereof thread
or yarn of any suitable material of either silk, wool, cotton, or flax, or else the
said parti-colored threads may be used for the warp of the piece, using thread
or yarn of any suitable material for the weft thereof.
Our new kind of piece goods may be woven either of a twilled or of a
plain fabric, according to the usual manner of weaving in a common loom,
but the parti-colored threads of silks, or of silk and worsted, or silk and
woollen, prepared as aforesaid, by twisting together two or more threads
of different colors, will display such colors in minute specks or sparks
casually intermixed and mingled one amongst another upon the surface of tho
cloth, and our new kind of piece goods will exhibit a, brilliant and sparkling
effect to the eye if there is a strong contrast in the color of the different
threads which are twisted together to form the parti-colored thread, and of
the operation of weaving, whether for plain fabrics or for twilled goods, is so
conducted as to throw up more of the said parti-colored threads on the face
of the goods than on the back thereof, so as to give that face the full effect
of the mingled colors in such parti-colored threads. The threads of
different colors are to be twisted together in the manner usually practised for
throwing silk or for twisting sewing thread, and the closeness of the twist
must be regulated according to the appearance which is intended to be
produced and to the fineness of the thread; the closer the twists of the parti-
colored thread are, the more minute will be the specks or sparks of color in

page_text: the goods, and the slacker the twist the larger those specks will be; the twist
will usually be between five twists per inch and twenty twists per inch,
according to the circumstances. The novelty of our new kind of piece goods
consists in the aforesaid manner of combining and displaying two or more
colours in such piece goods, by twisting together two or more threads of silk,
or two or more threads of silk and worsted, or of silk and woollen, of different
colors, previous to weaving, so as to form parti-colored threads, which when
woven into piece goods will display those colors intermingled; but as this
effect is attained by the previous preparation of the parti-colored thread of silk,
or of silk combined with worsted or with woollen, it does not depend upon any
peculiar process of weaving, and therefore our new kind of piece goods may
be produced by means of such parti-colored thread woven the same as any of
the fabrics in which silk, or combination of silk with worsted, or of silk with
woollen, are commonly introduced to form the face of the goods; and in
general if a brilliant contrast of the mingled colors is desired, the weaving
should be so conducted as to exhibit or throw up the parti-colored thread on
the face or front side of the goods. Our new kind of piece goods may be
woven either plain or twisted, or with stripes or with figures, or with both, in
the same manner as any other silk or woollen or worsted; and our new kind
of piece goods, if composed of worsted combined with silk or of woollen
combined with silk, may be dressed or finished in the same manner as any
other kind of worsted or woollen goods.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Henry Gibbs, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-first day July, in the year of