Year: 1888

page_text: I ROBERT FREDERICK CAREY of Nottingham in the County of Nottingham, Lace
Manufacturer, 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 an improved manufacture of lace curtains the main
object being to introduce into them coloured horizontal stripes after the manner
adopted in the East for ornamenting the lower portion of the curtain, which corre
sponds in position, when the curtain is hung, to the dado of the walls of an apartment
and hence called by the curtain trade the Dado.
In carrying out this manufacture I use coloured warps or beam threads which
instead of extending lengthwise of the fabric as heretofore, extend across, or breadth-
wise of the fabric. This admits of plain open work being used for the upper part of
the curtain, and of the coloured or ornamental part being confined to the dado or lower
part of the curtain, a result which it was impossible to obtain when the coloured
warps were introduced longitudinally into the lace curtain.
The machine which I employ in this manufacture, is the ordinary Jacquard
Lace curtain machine, suitably fitted with beams for carrying the plain warps and
the coloured warps, which latter I prefer to arrange so that they will form stripes
or bands in the dado only of the curtain. This distribution, however, of the
coloured warps, may be varied to suit the taste of different customers.-I first
proceed to make an edging of plain cloth, and then, by the aid of suitably prepared
cards, to commence and continue the lace work, carrying on the, manufacture as
heretofore until the requisite extent of lace work is produced corresponding to the
breadth of curtain desired.-I then repeat the plain work to form the opposite edge
of the curtain. It will be understood that a border or borders may be introduced as
heretofore, corresponding cards being provided for the purpose of operating the
thread guides.
In the dado I propose to introduce, between the coloured bands, ornamental
devices, which will require a far less number of cards for their production than when
the curtain is manufactured lengthwise, or in the direction of the run of the curtain.

page_text: The dado will in general measure from 3 to 4 feet deep, and the transverse bands
of colour from 2 to 6 inches, more or less.-1 propose to use, in general, pale or
secondary colours, as best suited to the light character of the fabric, and to graduate
the tints, making the upper bands lighter than the lower bands, or I may give
uniformly of strength to the tints, as taste may dictate.-When colour is to be
introduced into the upper part of the curtain, it should be of a paler tone than the
dado, in order to preserve the Oriental effect, which is in general highly appreciated.
An advantage incidental to the introduction of the warp threads transversely of
the curtain, is that the curtain will hang in more graceful folds than when longi-
tudinal warp threads are used, and a great economy will result in the limited number
of cards required for introducing ornamental devices.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The manufacture of lace curtains as above described, whereby the coloured warp
or beam threads introduced, will run transversely of the curtain, and may be limited
to a portion of the length of the curtain, as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this th day or July 1000.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.