A NEW OR IMPROVED COMBINED CAPE AND HOOD."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Woolf Hyman, No. 163, Aldersgate Street, in the City
of London, for an Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED COMBINED CAPE
AND HOOD."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Woolf Hyman at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th July 1880.
WOOLF HYMAN, No. 163, Aldersgate Street, in the City of London.
OR IMPROVED COMBINED CAPE AND HOOD."
"A NEW
My Invention relates to a novel construction of fur or sealskin cape or tippet,
with which is combined a hood in such a manner that a greater economy of
material and elegance of appearance is obtained than with fur or sealskin capes in
present use.
It consists in the combination and use with a fur or sealskin cape or tippet of
a central backing of silk or satin of any desired color made in the form of a hood,
and surrounded with a border of fur or sealskin, braided or otherwise ornamented.
This hood is applied or attached to the central portion of the cape or tippet in such
a manner that the fur or sealskin at that part of the cape or tippet is dispensed
with, and a great economy in the quantity of skin required thereby effected.
Or if preferred, this hood, in lieu of being attached to the cape or tippet as
described, may be applied thereto so as to be capable of being thrown up as a hood,
in which case the space covered by the hood at the back of the cape or tippet will
be composed of the fur or sealskin.
According to another arrangement, in lieu of a combined cape and hood as
described, the back portions of the cape or tippet on each side of its middle seam
may be lengthened at the bottom, and doubled or lapped thereat over the cape or
tippet trianglewise, thereby giving the appearance of a hood; the horizontal and
vertically meeting edges of these lappets being attached to the cape or tippet, and
braided or otherwise ornamented.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Woolf Hyman in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 5th January
1881.
WOOLF HYMAN, of No. 163, Aldersgate Street, in the City of London. "A NEW
OR IMPROVED COMBINED CAPE AND HOOD."
My Invention relates to a novel construction of fur or sealskin cape or tippet,
with which is combined a hood in such a manner that a greater economy of
material and elegance of appearance is obtained than with für or sealskin capes in
present use.
It consists, as shewn on the accompanying Drawing, in the combination and use
with a fur or sealskin cape or tippet a, of a central backing b of silk or satin of
any desired color made in the form of a hood, and surrounded with a border c of
fur or sealskin, braided or otherwise ornamented. This bood b, c, is applied or
attached to the central portion of the cape or tippet a in such a manner that the
fur or sealskin at that part of the cape or tippet a is dispensed with, and a great
economy in the quantity of skin required thereby effected.
Or if preferred, the hood b, c, in lieu of being attached to the cape or tippet a, as
described and shewn, may be applied thereto so as to be capable of being thrown
up and used as a hood, in which case the space covered thereby at the back of the
cape or tippet a will be composed of the fur or sealskin in the usual manner, as if
no hood was attached.
According to another arrangement, in lieu of a combined cape and hood, as
described and shewn, the back portions of the cape or tippet on each side of its
middle seam may be lengthened at the bottom, and doubled or lapped therent over
the cape or tippet trianglewise, thereby giving the appearance of a hood; the
horizontal and vertically inceting edges of these lappets being attached to the cape
or tappet, and braided or otherwise ornamented.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into
effect, I would observe in conclusion that what I consider novel and original, and
therefore claim as my Invention is,-
The combination and use with a fur or sealskin cape or tippet of a backing or
hood, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying
Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Woolf Hyman, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Fourth day of January, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty one.