Improvements in and relating to Figured Fabrics.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Figured Fabrics.
I, SAMUEL ROWE, of 39, Great Queen Street, London, W.C., Decorative De-
signer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to figured fabrics and its object is to enable such fabrics
to be produced with a multiplicity of colours or shades without the employment
of a corresponding number of differently coloured warp or weft threads in the
loom. By the adoption of these improvements there is less weight in the cloth,
the production is considerably cheapened, and long floats of weft on the back
of the cloth may be avoided.
The figured fabric having a pattern produced by two or more coloured threads
is placed upon a table or is otherwise so arranged that it may be easily manipu-
lated or dealt with according to this invention. A further colour or colours.
in the form of dye, paint, pigment or the like, is or are then applied to different
parts of the pattern in any suitable manner as by means of a brush or the like,
either directly or through the medium of stencils or equivalent devices, or by
suitable and well known printing devices which may be employed to superim-
pose the further colour or colours.
By the use of these improvements shading effects may be produced or the
pattern may be accentuated or subdued without the necessity for the employ-
ment of a large number of differently coloured threads in the loom, or the repeats
of the pattern may be varied in appearance.
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W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.
I, SAMUEL ROWE, of 39, Great Queen Street, London, W.C., Decorative De-
signer, 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 figured fabrics and its object is to enable such fabrics
to be produced with a multiplicity of colours or shades without the employment
of a corresponding number of differently coloured warp or weft threads in the
loom. By the adoption of these improvements there is less weight in the cloth,
the production is considerably cheapened, and long floats of weft on the back
of the cloth may be avoided,

page_text: The figured fabric which has had a pattern produced upon it by two or more
coloured threads in the usual way, is placed upon a table or is otherwise so
arranged that it may be easily manipulated or dealt with according to this addi-
tion. A further colour or further colours in the form of dye, paint, pigment
or the like is or are then applied to different parts of the pattern in any suit-
able manner, as by means of a brush or the like, either directly or through the
medium of stencils or equivalent devices, or by suitable and well known print-
ing devices which may be employed to superimpose the further colour or colours.
By the use of these improvements shading or shaded effects may be produced,
or the pattern may be subdued or accentuated without the necessity for the em-
ployment of a large number of differently coloured threads in the loom, or the
repeats or the pattern may be varied in appearance.
If desired, the outline of the pattern or some of the lines may be embroidered
by a machine of the usual construction.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
A fabric having a figured decorative design which is produced partly by two
or more differently coloured threads and partly by dye paint pigment or the
like substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 30th day of December A.D. 1899.
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.