AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF BONNETS AND OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE HEAD
Year: 1854

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents,
66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for the
Invention of "AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF BONNETS AND OTHER COVERINGS
FOR THE HEAD."-A communication.
Sealed the 3rd. October 1854, and dated the 7th June 1854.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 7th June 1854.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF BONNETS AND OTHER
COVERINGS FOR THE HEAD" to be as follows:-
The bonnet or other covering for the head is made principally of leather,
paper, or cardboard, covered with some textile material, such as silk, satin, or
batiste. The pieces of leather or other material of which the bonnet or other
article is composed, having been cut to the proper shape, are ornamented
by being cut or perforated, according to various devices or patterns, and may be
further ornamented by stitching, "blind tooling," embossing, gilding, or other

page_text: means. The pieces of leather or other material, having been thus prepared,
cut out, and ornamented, are stitched or otherwise fastened together in the
form or shape of the article intended to be produced, a light wire framing
having been provided for retaining the article in shape. It is then to be
lined with any suitable material, such as silk, satin, or with a material of a
commoner description, and when strings or ribbons are added (as in the case
of bonnets), the article will be completed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Newton in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 7th December 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, in the seventeenth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
mo, the said William Edward Newton, Her special license that I, the said
William Edward Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said William Edward Newton, my executors, administra-
tors, 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 King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF BONNETS AND OTHER COVERINGS FOR
THE HEAD," being a communication from abroad, upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said William Edward Newton, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, 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 William Edward Newton, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is

page_text: to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say) :-
In this improved manufacture of bonnets or other coverings for the head,
the articles are made principally of leather, paper, or cardboard, covered with
some textile material, such as silk, satin, or batiste. The pieces of leather or
other material of which the bonnet or other article is composed, having been
cut to the proper shape, are ornamented by being cut or perforated, according
to various devices or patterns, and may be further ornamented by stitching,
"blind tooling," embossing, gilding, or other means, as shewn in the accom-
panying Drawing, in which a represents the crown of a bonnet, and b, c, d,
the pieces which form the front and sides of the same. The design in the
Drawing is only shewn to illustrate the principle, as a variety of designs may be
employed, the perforated or open parts being cut out with iron or steel stamps.
The pieces of leather or other material, having been thus prepared, cut out, and
ornamented, are stitched or othewise fastened together in the form or shape of
the article intended to be produced, a light wire framing having been provided
for retaining the article in shape. It is then to be lined with any suitable
material, such as silk, satin, or with a material of a commoner description,
and when strings or ribbons are added, and other useful or ornamental parts
are added (as in the case of bonnets), the article will be completed and ready
for use.
Although I have only shewn in the accompanying Drawing the parts of a
lady's bonnet, yet it will be understood that the improved manufacture may
also be applied to caps or other coverings for the head. I have not, however,
considered it necessary to give any further or detailed description in referenco
to other articles than bonnets, as the mode of manufacturing is precisely the
same in all cases. By this means bonnets or other coverings for the head, of
great elegance and lightness, may be produced, and although the richest and
most expensive materials may be employed, yet the same principle may be
applied to coarser fabrics. I am aware that perforated or embossed paste-
board or paper has been heretofore used for a somewhat similar purpose. I do
not therefore propose to make use of this material, except when covered or
ornamented externally with some textile fabric, as above explained.
Having now described the improved manufacture of bonnets or other
coverings for the head, as it has been communicated to me by my foreign
correspondent, I claim, in conclusion, manufacturing bonnets or other cover-
ings for the head from leather or paper, or cardboard, covered with some

page_text: suitable textile fabric, such as silk, satin, cotton, batiste, lace, or other similar
fabric, as above described.
.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Newton, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Second day of December, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
W. E. NEWTON. (L.B.)