AN IMPROVED SHIRT FRONT OR GARMENT
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Graham, of Wood Street, in the City of
London, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED SHIRT FRONT OR GARMENT.”
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Graham at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
25th April 1873.
:
I, JOHN GRAHAM, of Wood Street, in the City of London, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED SHIRT FRONT
OR GARMENT," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to a novel article of dress intended to supersede
the ordinary false shirt front or dickey which is troublesome to adjust,
and liable to be easily crumpled in wear. It consists of a sort of vest
shirt, being a shirt front with a back or body shaped like a vest and
fitting more or less closely to the figure. It may be provided witli
sleeves or merely with armholes, and with a neck band or collar, and is
drawn in with a strap or straps at back to ensure an accurate fit. It iš

page_text: put on in the same way as a coat or vest, and fastens in front with studs
or buttons like an ordinary front. The collar and front fit closely round
the neck and chest, and remain smooth and unwrinkled under the
movements of the body.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Graham in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 25th October 1873..
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
GRAHAM, of Wood Street, in the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the
thirty-sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said John Graham, Her special licence
that I, the said John Graham, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said John Graham, my 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 "AN IMPROVED
SHIRT FRONT OR GARMENT," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said John Graham, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said In-
vention, 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 John Graham, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying

page_text: Drawing, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to
say):
My Invention relates to a novel article of dress intended to supersede
the ordinary false shirt front or dickey, which is troublesome to adjust and
liable to be easily crumpled in wear. My Invention is illustrated in front
and back views in the accompanying Drawing, and consists of a sort of
vest shirt, being a shirt front a provided with a back or body 6 of linen
or other suitable material shaped like a vest, and fitting more or less
closely to the figure. It may be provided with sleeves or merely with
armholes as shown, and with a neck band or collar, and is drawn in with
tapes c at back to ensure an accurate fit. It is put on in the same way
as a coat or vest, and fastens in front with studs or buttons like an
ordinary front. The collar and front fit closely round the neck and
chest, and remain smooth and unwrinkled under the movements of the
body.
Having described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim as my
Invention to be protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters
Patent is, the "vest shirt" herein described, consisting of the front a
fitted in a vest shaped body b, substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Graham, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of October, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.