AN IMPROVED SHAWL
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, &
Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for the Invention of
"AN IMPROVED SHAWL." A communication from abroad by Madamo
Marguerite Lucy Mallet Truchot, of Paris, France.
Sealed the 23rd February 1877, and dated the 6th September 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th September 1876.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "AN IMPROVED SHAWL." A communication.
This Invention relates to an improved article of diess, that is to say, a shawl
having a double face, which can bo made to assume (according to the will or
caprice of the wearer) different appearances, forms, and styles of arrangement, as
well as color, pattern, and texture.
According to one arrangement this shawl or garment may take a square shape,
being divided into two equal or nearly equal parts A and B, as shown in Figures 1,
and may be either with or without fringe or trimming. These two parts are of
different colors, so that when they are folded back one over the other and placed
on the wearer only one of the parts is seen, which makes a complete garment, and
if worn on the other side it becomes apparently quite a different one with regard
to texture, as well as color and pattern, as shewn in Figures 2 and 3.
By allowing the folded part next to the wearer's dress to cross at top near the
neck a transparent effect is produced, which gives the appearance of a neck hand-
kerchief (of a different color from that of the shawl) being underneath the latter,
as shewn in Figure 4, and by allowing it to cross at the bottom the effect of a
border is produced, as shown in Figure 5.
By means of a pin fastened about the middle of the part around the neck the
appearance of an Arabian "bournous" may be given, as shewn in Figure 6. The
square of the shawl may also be shaped into various forms. The corners may be
rounded and the borders hollowed, and thus garments of stall different appearances
may be produced, as shewn in Figures 7, 8, 9.
The chief object of this Invention is the production of a shawl or garment with
two faces, being worn folded, and forming in itself at least two garments of quite

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different appearance, whether as regards color, style of arrangement, pattern or
texture, and woven in one piece or made of two parts of material of about equal
size. I can on the same warp, or in uniting the warps, produce different textures
or colors, or I can print two different colors or patterns which will have the effect of
forming two shawls in one. It inay be made of all kinds of texturos, silk, wool,
cotton, hosiery textures, and the like, and may be of any required size.
One method of carrying out my Invention is as follows, that is to say, I print
the warp with the colors of the pattern which the shawl is to have, and then the
exact shade, or the pattern is completed by the weft. Thus if I desire to make a
shawl according to my Invention, of which one half is to be plain white and the
other plain black, the wool being first bleached I weave the warp and then print
one half black and leave the other white. The black impression having become
fixed I raise the warp on to the frame, and one half I weave black and the other
half white. I thus obtain pure colors, well defined and brilliant, as well as very
true patterns.
If I wish to produce a shawl according to my Invention, one half of which is to
be of one color only, and the other half in black and white squares, the wool
having been first bleached, I place the warp on the frame and print the part shewn
at A. in Figure 10 and 11 one color only, and the other part B, Figure 11, with black
stripes n, thus leaving alternate white stripes b; then I weave for the part A one
plain color, and for the part B I weave black to form the black squares, and white
to form the white squares.
In this manner I can produce shawls of all colors, styles, and patterns.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 6th
March 1877.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "AN IMPROVED SHAWL." A communication
from abroad by Madame Marguerite Lucy Mallet Truchot, of Paris, France.
This Invention relates to an improved article of dress, that is to say, a shawl
similar to what is called "peplum," and having a double face, which can be made
to assume, according to the will or caprice of the wearer, different appearances of
form and arrangement, and of shades of color, pattern, and texture.
According to one arrangement this shawl or garment may take a square shape,
being divided into two equal or nearly equal parts, as shewn at A and B, in
Figure 1, and may be either with or without fringe or trimming. These two parts
are of different colors, so that when they are folded back one over the other and
placed on the wearer, only one of the parts is seen, and makes a complete garment,
and if worn on the other side it becomes apparently quite a different one with
regard to texture, as well as color and pattern, see Figures 2 and 3.
By allowing the folded part next to the wearer's dress to shew at the top near
the neck a transparent effect is produced which gives the appearance of a neck
handkerchief (of a different color from that of the shawl) underneath the said
shawl, as shewn in Figure 4, and by allowing it to shew at the bottom the effect of
a border is produced, as shewn in Figure 5.
By means of a pin fastened about the middle of the part around the neck the
appearance of an Arabian "bournous" or cloak may be produced, as shewn in
Figure 6. The square of the shawl may also be shaped into various forms, the
corners may be rounded and the borders curved, and thus garments of still different
appearances may be obtained, as shewn in Figures 7, 8, 9.
The chief object of this Invention is the production of a shawl or garment with
two faces, being worn folded, and forming in itself at least two garments of quite

page_text: different appearance as regards either color, style of arrangement, pattern, or
texture, and either woven in one piece or made of two parts of material of about
equal size. I may on the same warp, or in uniting the warps, produce two
different textures or colors, or I may print two different colors or patterns which
will have the effect of forming two shawls in one. The said shawl may be made
of any material, such as silk, wool, cotton, and the like, and may be of any
required size.
One method of carrying my Invention into practice is as follows, that is to say,
I print the warp with the colors of the pattern which the shawl is to have, and
then the exact shade is given or the pattern is completed by the weft. Thus if I
desire to make a shawl according to my Invention, of which one half is to be plain
white and the other plain black, the wool being first bleached, I weave the warp
and then print one half black and leave the other white. The black impression
having become fixed I raise the warp upon the frame, and one half I weave black
and the other half white. I thus obtain pure colors well defined and brilliant, and
very true patterns.
If I wish to produce a shawl according to my Invention, one half of which is
to be of one color only and the other half in black and white squares, as-shewn in
Figure 10, the wool having been first bleached, I place the warp on the frame and
print the part shown at A in Figure 11 one color only, and the other part B,
Figure 11, with black stripes n, thus leaving alternate white stripes b; then I weave
for the part A one plain color, and for the part B I weave black to form the black
squares and white to form the white squares.
Another method consists in printing or dyeing the warp threads before the
warping with alternate colors along their whole length, as in "clouding," and
according to the effects which it is desired to produce on the shawl.
It will be understood that I may carry the principle of this Invention into
practice in either of the methods above described, or in, any other suitable manner
to produce all kinds of shades or arrangements of pattern upon shawls, and I may
also make the said shawls of hosiery textures.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the same, I wish it under-
stood that I claim, a shawl or garment which, being folded to be worn, presents
two faces, making at least two garments of different appearance, different in
color, in arrangement of pattern, and in texture, the said shawl being woven in
one single piece or formed of two pieces of stuff of equal or nearly equal size, also
the various means for producing this article, as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.