IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FRAMES FOR LOOKING-GLASSES
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Hunt, of Lewisham, in the County of Kent,
House Agent, and Richard Hunter, of 149, Tottenham Court Road,
in the County of Middlesex, Upholder, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Hunt and Richard
Hunter at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 8th June 1865.
We, HENRY HUNT, of Lewisham, in the County of Kent, House Agent,
and RICHARD HUNTER, of 149, Tottenham Court Road, in the County of
Middlesex, Upholder, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FRAMES FOR LOOKING-GLASSES," to be
as follows:-
Those looking-glasses termed swing dressing glasses have hitherto, as regards
the frame containing the silvered glass, been made of wooden (usually veneered
mahogany) front and side, with either a panelled or plain board at back to
protect the silver from injury, and have a hard and non-ornamental appearance.
We propose to make a bed frame of deal or other wood for the glass, and an
upper frame to keep it in place. We propose to cover the back of this bed

page_text: frame with silk in flutes or rays, or silk and satin in alternate flutes or rays,
or with any other fabric that may, being placed in flutes or in rays, present a
handsome appearance, so that when the back of a dressing glass is placed
near a window (as it ordinarily is) it may present an ornament to the passers
by. The rays or flutes may correspond in color and material to the window
curtains if desired. We gather the flutes or rays of silk or satin round the
top, bottom, and side edges of the bed frame. The upper or covering frame
is made to correspond with the sides, top, and bottom of the bed frame, being
covered in a similar manner. Or the dressing glass frame may be made in the
usual way, and the panel or back board only covered with silk, satin, cloth, or
other ornamental fabric, fluted or in rays from a.common.centre, a slight framing
of the same wood as the frame is composed. of being made to act as bead, and
secure the panel or board in position, or the back outer frame may be made
exactly the same as the front if desired.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed:
by the said Henry Hunt and Richard Hunter in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 8th December 1865...
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, HENRY
HUNT, of Lewisham, in the County of, Kent, House 'Agent, and RICHARD
HUNTER, of 149, Tottenham Court Road, in the County of Middlesex, Upholder,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-eighth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
us, the said Henry Hunt and Richard Hunter, Her special licence that we,
the said Henry Hunt and Richard Hunter, our executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as we, the said Henry Hunt, and Richard Hunter,
our 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
PACTURE OF FRAMES FOR LOOKING-GLASSES, upon the condition (amongst
others) that we, the said Henry Hunt and Richard Hunter, our execu-
tors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, or one of,
"

page_text: our, their, or one of their hands and seals, 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 Henry Hunt, for myself, and on behalf of.
my co-patentee, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-;
tained in and by the following statement:- :
. Those looking-glasses termed swing dressing glasses have hitherto, as.
regards the frame containing the silvered glass, been made of wood (usually.
veneered mahogany) both front and side, with a paneled. or a plain board at;
back to protect the silver from injury, and thus their backs present a plain,
hard, and non-ornamental appearance. In carrying out our improvements
we make a bed frame of deal or other wood for the glass, and an upper frame
or bead to keep it in place. We cover the back, and also the front and
sides of the bed frame with silk in flutes or rays, or silk and satin in alternate
flutes or rays, and either of one or various colours, or with any other fabric
that may, being placed in flutes or in rays or analagous design, present a
handsome appearance, and we cover the back board in a similar manner, so
that when the back of a dressing glass is placed near a window (as it
ordinarily is) it may present an ornamental appearance to the passers by.
The rays or flutes of silk, satin, or other fabric may correspond in colour and
material to the window curtains if desired. We gather the flutes or rays
of silk or satin round the top, bottom, and side edges of the bed frame. The
covering frame or backboard is made to correspond with the sides, top, and
bottom of the bed frame, being covered in a similar manner. Or the dressing
glass frame may be made in the usual way, and the panel or back board only
be covered with silk, satin, cloth, or other ornamental fabric, fluted or in rays
from a common centre, a slight framing of the same wood as the frame is
composed of being made to act as bead and secure the panel or board
in position, or the back outer frame may be made exactly the same as the
front if desired, that is to say, of veneered mahogany or other ornamental
wood. The back is to be made moveable or capable of being taken from the
bed frame by inserting spring catches in the bed frame, or by any known
mechanical contrivance.
Having now described the nature of our said Invention, and the manner
in which we carry the same into practical effect, we would have it distinctly
understood that we do not confine ourselves to any special material for

page_text: covering our looking-glass frames, using silk, satin, cotton, or any other fabric,
or combination of fabrics which we can arrange, in flutings or rays, nor to:
any particular shape or size of frame; but that we claim as of our Inven-;
tion,―
Firstly, a looking-glass frame formed of a bed frame, upper frame or bead,
and panel or back board as described, the bed frame and panel being covered
with silk, satin, or other suitable fabric arranged in flutings or rays or other:
analagous design, as herein-before directed.
Secondly, covering the back of the panel or backboard of an ordinary
dressing or cheval glass with silk or other fabric arranged in flutings, rays,
or in other ornamental position, whether the bed frame be so covered:
and arranged or not. The whole substantially as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I; the said Henry Hunt, for myself and on behalf of
my co-patentee, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Seventh
day of December, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-five.