A NEW OR IMPROVED FABRIC TO BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STAYS OR CORSETS
Year: 1854

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Waide Reynolds, of Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "A NEW OR
IMPROVED FABRIC TO BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STAYS OR CORSETS."
Sealed the 12th September 1854, and dated the 18th March 1854.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Waide Reynolds
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
18th March 1854.
I, GEORGE WAIDE REYNOLDS, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW
OR IMPROVED FABRIC TO BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STAYS OR CORSETS" to be
as follows:
My said Invention relates to the fabric called "coutil," and to that variety
called double loom stitched "coutil," consisting of two layers of "coutil "
stitched together in the loom, and during weaving, by parallel rows of stitches.
My Invention consists in making the weft of the upper fabric of linen instead
of cotton, as is usually practised, or of making the weft both of the upper and
lower fabric of linen instead of cotton, the warp of each cloth or fabric being of
cotton. Double "coutil " made according to my Invention is both stronger and
more durable than the double "coutil "made according to the ordinary process.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Waide Reynolds in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 16th September 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
WAIDE REYNOLDS, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen. Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of March; 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 me,
the said George Waide Reynolds, Her special licence that I, the said George
Waidé Reynolds, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said George Waide Reynolds, my executors, administrators, 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 Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for A NEW OR IMPROVED FABRIC TO BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STAYS
OR CORSETS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said George Waide
Reynolds, 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 George Waide Reynolds, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof (that is to say):
My said Invention consists in a new or improved method, herein-after
particularly described; of manufacturing the fabric called double loom stitched
"" coutil," the said double stitched" coutil" consisting of two layers of single
."coutil "sstitched together by parallel rows of stitches, the said stitching being
effected in the loom during weaving. The method of manufacturing the said
coutil is well known and commonly practised, and constitutes no part of my
Invention; therefore I do not consider it necessary to describe the same. My
Invention consists in making the weft of the upper fabric or layer of coutil
of linen instead of cotton, as is usually practised, or of making the weft both of
the upper and lower fabric of linen instead of cotton, the warp of each layer

page_text: being of cotton. I sometimes also make the warp or upper layer of cloth or
"coutil " of linen, and combine an upper cloth or "coutil" so made with a
lower cloth or "coutil" having a warp of cotton. Double "coutil " made
according to my Invention is both stronger and more durable than double
coutil made according to the ordinary process.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be understood that I do not limit
myself to the precise method herein described, as the same may be varied
without departing from the nature of my said Invention. For example, although
I have described the weft of the upper cloth to be made of linen, and the warp
of the upper cloth to be also sometimes made of linen, yet the same may be
only partially made of linen; but I claim as my Invention a new or improved
fabric to be used in the manufacture of stays or corsets, the said fabric being a
double loom stitched "coutil," the weft of the upper cloth or the weft and
warp of the upper cloth of which are composed of linen, as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Waide Reynolds, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of September, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
Witness,
Alfred Cox.
GEORGE WAIDE REYNOLDS. (L.B.)