Improvements in the Manufacture of Cretonne, Tapestry, and other Printed and Woven Figured Fabrics.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Sept., 1891
.Complete Specification Left, 29th June, 1892-Accepted, 30th July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Cretonne, Tapestry, and other
Printed and Woven Figured Fabrics.
We, ALEXANDER MORTON, of the firm of Alexander Morton & Company
Manufacturers, Darvel, Ayrshire, and JAMES MORTON, Carpet Manager to said
firm, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the manufacture of cretonne, tapestry and other printed
and woven figured fabrics and it has for its object the production of shaded effects
by weaving into the fabric warps or wefts of different colouring or material which
are so brought to the surface as to partially cover or blend with the pattern and
modify its tone or character.
In carrying out the invention as applied to cretonne or similar printed fabrics,
the pattern is printed on the warp or on a loosely woven fabric from which
the weft is subsequently removed to leave only the printed warp and with such
printed warp the improved fabric is produced by introducing an auxiliary warp
and weft, or weft only, at suitable intervals, this auxiliary warp and weft being
of such a material or colour or both and so worked into the fabric as to shade
or cloud the printed pattern or otherwise modify it on one or both sides.
For example, along with this printed or figured warp may be put into the loom
another warp made of silk or other material which may be raised into a loop pile
in the same manner as the pile is made on Turkish towelling the heavy printed
warp in this case forming the flat warp and shining through the delicate silk
loop pile. The pile may be made with wires and cut or left uncut; or it may
be produced by the weft in velveteen fashion. Again, a similar effect may be
obtained by introducing a looped, knarled, tinsel or other fancy weft, the loop
knarl, or other weft, forcing itself through the printed warp in weaving and thus
producing the shaded, clouded or other similar effect.
In the manufacture of tapestry and like fabrics in which the figure or pattern is
produced by weaving, the yarn employed to impart the shaded or modifying effect
to the pattern is preferably introduced in the warp and acted on by the heddles or
jacquard apparatus of the loom to bring it to either or both sides, but it be
introduced as weft or as both warp and weft.
Dated this Twenty-eighth day of September 1891.
may
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Cretonne, Tapestry, and other
Printed and Woven Figured Fabrics.
We, ALEXANDER MORTON of the firm of Alexander Morton & Company,
Manufacturers, Darvel, Ayrshire and JAMES MORTON Carpet Manager to said
firm do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :—
This invention relates to the manufacture of cretonne tapestry and other printed
and woven figured fabrics and it has for its object the production of shaded
effects by weaving into the fabric warps or wefts of different colouring or material
which are so brought to the surface as to partially cover or blend with the pattern
and modify its tone or character.

page_text: In carrying out the invention as applied to cretonne or similar printed fabrics,
the pattern is printed on the warp or on a loosely woven fabric from which the
weft is subsequently removed to leave only the printed warp and with such printed
warp the improved fabric is produced by introducing an auxiliary warp and weft
or weft only at suitable intervals, this auxiliary warp and weft being of such a
material or colour or both and so worked into the fabric as to shade or cloud the
printed pattern or otherwise modify it on one or both sides. For example, along
with this printed or figured warp may be put into the loom another warp made of
silk or other material which may be raised into a loop pile in the same manner as
the pile is made on Turkish towelling the heavy printed warp in this case forming
the flat warp and shining through the delicate silk loop pile. The pile may be
made with wires and cut or left uncut; or it may be produced by the weft in
velveteen fashion. Again, a similar effect may be obtained by introducing a
looped, knarled tinsel or other fancy weft the loop knarl or other weft forcing
itself through the printed warp in weaving and thus producing the shaded clouded
or other similar effect.
In the manufacture of tapestry and like fabrics in which the figure or pattern
is produced by weaving, the yarn employed to impart the shaded or modifying
effect to the pattern is preferably introduced in the warp and acted on by the
heddles or jacquard apparatus of the loom to bring it to either or both sides but it
may be introduced as weft or as both warp and weft.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :
1. The manufacture of cretonne tapestry and other printed and woven figured
fabrics substantially as herein described.
2. As an improved article of manufacture a cretonne tapestry or other printed
or woven figured fabric having shaded effects produced thereon substantially in the
improved manner herein described.
Dated this Twenty-eighth day of June 1892.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.