Improvements in Lavender Bags or Sachets.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Mar.; 1896
Complete Specification Left. 5th Dec. 1896-Accepted, 16th Jan., 1897
Improvements in Lavender Bags or Sachets.
We LAVINIA UWINS, and EDWARD NEWNHAM UWINS, both of 79, Merton
Road, Wimbledon, Surrey, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in lavender bags or "sachets," as
commonly used for placing in boxes or drawers for scenting, and preserving:.
articles of clothing from destruction by moths or other insects, and has for its..
object to provide a handy, durable and ornamental device which shall maintain
the perfume of the lavender contained therein for a very considerable period.
For this purpose we provide a coarse muslin or canvas bag which we fill with
ordinary dried lavender flower or blossom, the said. bag being stitched up tightly
around the lavender so as to form a compact body of the required shape.
The shape we prefer to employ is that of a torpedo: or cigar, that is of larger
diameter in the middle tban at the ends, but other suitable shapes may be used.
Having thus filled the bag we lay around it loose stalks of lavender of the same:
length as the bag, and bind them to the latter by means of a narrow.strip or length
of coloured silk or satin ribbon or other similar material, secured to one end.of the
bag and interwoven or laced alternately over and under the said, stalks along the
whole length of the bag and secured at the other end, thus forming a solid or
compact cover to the lavender bag. By this combination of lavender stalks and':
ribbon the said stalks are partly exposed to view and by their own perfume added
to that of the bag increase and maintain the perfume of the "sachet."
We complete the construction of the "sachet" by stitching to each end a silk.
"pompon," or bow, or other ornamental device, and we may secure to the ends a..
cord or loop of suitable material whereby the "sachet" may be suspended in a
wardrobe or other suitable.place. Other.perfumes besides lavender may be combined it
with our improved "sachets" if desired."
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Improvements in Lavender Bags or Sachets.
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LAVINIA UWINS and EDWARD. NEWNHAM: UWINS, Gentleman, of 79, Merton
Road Wimbledon in the County of. Surrey, 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 improvements in lavender bags or sachets as commonly
used for placing in boxes or drawers for scenting and preserving articles of

page_text: clothing and has for its object to provide a handy, durable, and ornamental device
which shall at the same time maintain the perfume of the lavender or other scent
contained therein for a considerable period.
For this purpose we provide a coarse muslin or canvas bag which we fill, when
using lavender, with ordinary dried lavender flower, blossom or sachet powder, the
said bag being stitched up tightly around the lavender so as, to form a compact
body of the required shape.
The shape we prefer to employ is that of a torpedo or cigar that is of larger
diameter in the middle than at the ends, but other suitable shapes may be used.
Having filled the bag as aforesaid we lay around it loose stalks of lavender,
of the same length as the bag, binding them together at one end and securing
them in position upon the outer surface of the bag by means of a narrow strip or
strips of coloured silk or satin ribbon or other suitable material interwoven or
laced alternately over and under the said stalks along. the whole length of the bag,.
the said ribbon being then secured to the other end of the bag and forming with
the stalks a compact cover thereto.
By this combination of lavender stalks and ribbon the said stalks are partly
exposed to view, and by their own perfume added to that of. the bag, increase and
maintain the perfume of the sachet. We complete the construction of the sachet
by stitching to each end a silk pompon or a bow or other ornamental device, and we
may secure to the ends a cord or loop. of suitable material whereby the sachet may
be suspended in a wardrobe or other suitable place.
It is evident that other perfumes or scents besides lavender may be combined
with our improved sachets if desired.
And in order to clearly understand our said invention we will proceed to
describe the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in.
which
.
Fig. 1 is a general view of one of our improved lavender bags or sachets and
Fig. 2 shews the same in course of construction. Figs. 3 and 4 are details.
In Fig. 2 a represents the coarse muslin or canvas bag into which the lavender
blossom, flower or sachet powder is tightly packed through the opening 'a' which is
afterwards sewn up. b, b'are the lavender stalks fixed in position upon the bag a
by means of the strip or strips of ribbon c interwoven or laced alternately over
and under the stalks and secured at each end to which are attached the silk
pompons d, d, for which however bows may be substituted, and a suitable cord or
ribbon may be added for suspending the sachet in any required position.
In constructing our improved sachets we proceed as follows: A piece of coarse
muslin or canvas is cut or stamped out to the required shape and is then stitched
up for forming the bag, an opening a' being left in the middle, as shewn in Fig. 2,
for filling it with the lavender blossom, flower or sachet powder. The stalks b
having been dried and cleared of flower and leaf, are then cut to the same length
as the bag and placed around the latter, in which position they are temporarily
kept by slipping a ring e over them as seen in Fig. 2, an odd number of such stalks
being used. The stalks are then bound together and to the bag at the end b¹ by
fine thread and the ring e is removed. One end of the strip or strips of ribbon c is
or are then placed underneath one, of the stalks at the end 6' and the said strip or
strips interwoven alternately over and under the stalks b so as to leave parts of the
latter exposed to view as shewn in Fig. 1, the strip or strips, after the weaving is
completed along the whole length of the sachet, being sewn or otherwise attached
to the other end of the same. The sachet is then completed by sewing the
pompons d, d. on the ends, or bows or other devices and a cord as aforesaid.
Instead of the ribbon c we may use, gold. and silver braid or other similar
ornamental material..
In using other scents or perfumes we prefer to dispense with the lavender stalks
and substitute therefore light strips of coloured cane or straw or some English or
foreign grass, suitably prepared, the said scents being preferably in the form of a
powder, and in order more especially to preserve articles of clothing from destruction

page_text: by moths or other insects we may use camphor either in lumps or powder, or other
strong scented disinfectant.
Fig. 3 is a cross section on line x, x of Fig. 2 shewing the ring e for holding the
stalks in position whilst sewing them to the bag, but in order to facilitate the
correct placing or spacing of the stalks we prefer to use the ring f, Fig. 4, whose.
inner or contact surface is formed with a series of recesses or perforations f similar
in number to that of the stalks used which in this instance is thirteen. This ring
is slipped over the bag a to near its centre where it fits tightly and the stalks 6 are
tben passed through the recesses in which they are correctly spaced and held.
whilst their ends are being stitched to the bag at b', after which the ring is drawn
back and removed from the bag so as to leave the stalks free to be woven with the
ribbon as before described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-.
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we-
claim is: .
1. In lavender bags or sachets the use of a coarse muslin or canvas bag cut and
stitched to the required shape and filled with lavender blossom, sachet powder or
other required scent or disinfectant the said bag being covered by a strip or strips.
of ribbon or braid interwoven with stalks of lavender or other suitable material.
and provided at the ends with pompons, bows or other similar ornamental devices.
and with or without a suspending cord or ribbon substantially as herein described and
set forth.
2. In lavender bags or sachets the combination of the bag a, stalks b, ribbon or
braid c and pompons d, and the manner of constructing the same by the use of a
ring e or of a ring f provided with recuзses or perforations ', substantially as.
described and for the purposes specified.
3. The improvements in lavender bags or sachets substantially as described and.
shewn in the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 2nd dow of December 1896
LAVINIA UWINS.
EDWARD NEWNHAM UWINS.