A New or Improved Combination of Fabrics.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 1st July, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 10th Aug., 1898-Accepted, 23rd Dec., 1898
A New or Improved Combination of Fabrics.
We, JAMES HEADRIDGE MCEWAN, of Springfield Mills, in the City of Bradford,
Manufacturer, and JOHN HENRY HINCHCLIFFE, of 32, Fairfield Road, Bradford
aforesaid, Textile Designer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved combination of fabrics, and its
object is to obtain a moire or watered, effect in a simple and efficient way.
For this purpose we employ a foundation cloth of any suitable colour or shade and
having a number of fine parallel black or coloured lines printed thereon. To obtain
a moire effect we spread a gauzy fabric such as a grenadine or a muslin over this
foundation. The lines are preferably the same pitch or distance apart as the lines
formed by the warp or weft of the gauzy fabric that is to say the lines are the
same distance apart as the size of the mesh of the gauzy fabric.
The combined fabrics are preferably rolled or folded together in the piece and
are intended to be retailed together.
We find we are able to obtain a very effective result by combining a printed
cotton with a woollen and cotton gauze.
Dated this 30th day of June 1898.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Patent Agents, Bradford.
A New or Improved Combination of Fabrics.
We, JAMES HEADRIDGE MCEWAN, of Springfield Mills, in the City of Bradford,
Manufacturer, and JOHN HENRY HINCHCLIFFE, of 32, Fairfield Road, Bradford
aforesaid, Textile Designer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to a new or improved combination of fabrics, and its
object is to obtain a moire or watered effect in a simple and efficient way.
For this purpose we employ a foundation cloth of any suitable colour or shade and
having a number of fine parallel black or coloured lines printed thereon. To obtain
a moire effect we spread a gauzy fabric such as a grenadine or a muslin over this
foundation. The lines are preferably the same pitch or distance apart as the lines
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page_text: formed by the warp or weft of the gauzy fabric that is to say the lines are the
same distance apart as the size of the mesh of the gauzy fabric.
In the accompanying drawing Figure 1, represents a small piece of foundation
fabric printed with parallel lines, and Figure 2, is a similar view of a small piece
of the gauze fabric. The width the printed lines are apart and the size of the
mesh of the gauzy fabric may be made greater or less as may be desired.
The combined fabrics are preferably rolled or folded together in the piece and
are intended to be sold or retailed together. When the combined fabrics are made
into dresses or the like garments it is not necessary to connect them together other
than by the ordinary seams usually introduced in the making of such garments.
We find we are able to obtain a very effective result by covering a cotton founda-
tion of light shade printed with dark parallel lines with a dark gauze formed of
cotton warp and worsted weft.
By printing or weaving a pattern upon the foundation fabric in addition to
the parallel lines a good effect can be obtained, the pattern showing through the
gauzy fabric as if it were woven thereon without interfering with the moire or
watered appearance.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:--
1. The combination with a foundation fabric printed with parallel lines, of a
facing fabric of a gauzy formation, substantially as herein shown and described
and for the purpose specified.
2. The combination with a foundation fabric printed with parallel lines and
having a pattern woven or printed thereon, of a facing fabric of a gauzy formation,
substantially as herein described and for the purpose specified.
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August 1808
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Patent Agents, Bradford.

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