Improvements in the Use or Application of Thistle Down.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 17th Aug., 1891-Accepted. 19th Sent.. 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Use or Application of Thistle Down.
I JOHN DAVIDSON of High Street Wick N.B. Watchmaker do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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pappus of the thistle
This invention consists in the use or application of the "
plant or thistle down in a variety of ornamental & useful ways.
For instance I can apply it for ornamental edging or fringe for cards such as
Christmas & invitation or other cards by placing & fixing it between two thicknesses
of cards with the hairy ends protruding from the edges of the cards. The edges of
fancy mats may be similarly treated by fixing the thistle-down between silk or
other material of which the mat is composed. Ornamental fringe & dress trimming
may be formed in a similar manner. A very pretty effect may also be obtained by
forming designs of thistles or other flowers in cut out pattern in cardboard or other
material & applying the natural down as forming a part of the design.
Or thistle-down may be used in tuffs held together by wire or otherwise to form
tassel, tassel fringe or bonnet ornaments &c. Or the natural thistle-down may be
applied to ornamental metal articles such as vases &c. or to brooches scarf-pins
& other articles of jewellery.
Another application to which thistle down may be put in in a loose or mixed
state in cushions quilts & such like articles as a substitute for ordinary down.
In any of the applications to which the thistle down may be put, I can use it in
its natural colour or dye it to any desired tint.
Dated this 15th day of November 1890.
HENRY F. TALBOT,
7, Cherry Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Use or Application of Thistle Down.
I, JOHN DAVIDSON of High Street Wick N.B. Watchmaker 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 consists in the use or application of the "pappus" of the thistle
plant, or thistle-down, in a variety of ornamental and useful ways.
For instance, I can apply it as an ornamental edging or fringe for cards, such as
Christmas, and invitation, or other cards, by placing and fixing it between two
thicknesses of card, or otherwise fixed to card or other material, with the hairy
ends projecting from the edges of the card, or other material.
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The edges of fancy mats may be similarly treated, by fixing the thistle-down
between two edges of silk, or other material of which the mat is composed.
Ornamental fringe and dress trimmings may be formed in a similar manner.
very pretty effect may be obtained by forming designs of thistles or other flowers
in cut out patterns in cardboard, or other material, and applying the natural down
as forming part of the design. Or the thistle-down may be used in tufts, held
together by wire, or otherwise, to form tassels, tassel fringe, or bonnet ornaments.
Or the natural thistle down may be applied to ornamental metal articles, such as
vases &c. or to brooches, scarf pins and other articles of jewellery and other metal
ornaments.
Another application to which thistle-down may be put, is in a loose or mixed
state in cushions, quilts, and such like articles, as a substitute for ordinary down.

page_text: In any of the applications to which the "thistle-down" may be put, I can use it
in its natural colour, or dye it any desired tint.
Having now particularly ascertained the nature of my said invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
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Firstly. The use or application of the " pappus of the thistle plant, or thistle
down, as applied to articles of commerce herein described.
Secondly. Any mere modification of the same.
Dated this Thirteenth day of August 1891.
JATTAT DITION