MANUFACTURING VARIOUS KIND OF METAL LACES, SO AS TO IMITATE GOLD AND SILVER LACES, AND ALSO OF MANUFACTURING GOLD AND SILVER UPON LACES
Year: 1809

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
FINCH, the younger, of King Street, in the Parish of Saint Ann, Soho, in the
County of Middlesex, Orris Weaver, do send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Fourth day of February, in the
forty-ninth year of His reign, did give and grant unto me, the said George
Finch, my exors, adññors, and assigns, His especial licence, full power, sole
privilege and authority, that I, the said George Finch, my exors, admiors; and
assigns, and every of them, by myself and themselves, or by my and their
deputy or deputies, servants or agents, or such others as I, the said George
Finch, my exors, adiñors, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term of years
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called
England, the Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my new
Invention of "MANUFACTURING VARIOUS KIND OF METAL LACES, SO AS TO IMITATE
GOLD AND SILVER LACES, AND ALSO OF MANUFACTURING GOLD AND SILVER UPON
LACES;" in which Letters Patent there is contained a proviso, obliging me, the
said George Finch, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, to
cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High
Court of Chancery within one calendar month next and immediately after the

page_text: date of the said recited Letters Pateut, as in and by the same, relation being
thereunto had, may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
George Finch, do hereby declare that my said Invention is particularly described
and ascertained in the manner following, that is to say :-
For manufacture yellow copper lace.--The wire to be drawn down to about
the size of fourteen-penny silver or finer, to be flatted and spun in the engine
upon fine thread yarn, incle, or cotton, of a yellow of a yellow, orange, or lenton
colour, of various shades or tints, as the work may require, and to be woven
upon fine thread, cotton yarn, or incle, the size of spun silk, of the same colour,
shades, or tints; the warp to be weighted as a spun silk warp, and to be woven
in a loom.
For manufacturing yellow copper wire lace.-The wire to be drawn down to
about the size of fine twenty-penny copper, to be shot upon a fine warp of
cotton thread, yarn, or incle, the size of a very fine spun silk, of the same
colour, shades, or tints as the yellow copper laco above described and explained;
to be weighted as a spun silk warp, and to be woven in a loom.
For manufacturing yellow copper French braid lace.-The wire to be drawn
down to about the size of fourteen-penny silver, or finer, platted, and spun in
the engine upon fine thread, yarn, incle, or cotton, of the same colour, shades,
or tiuts as the yellow copper lace before described and explained; likewise to
be platted with loaded bobbins upon a cushion, in the same manner as the
gold French braid is manufactured, and to be calendered as gold French braid.
For manufacturing yellow copper Prussian braids.-The wire to be drawn
down to about the size of fourteen-penny silver, or finer, to be flatted and
spun in the engine upon fine thread, yarn, incle, or cotton, of a yellow, orange,
or lemon colour, of various shades and tints as the work may require; the warp
for the orris and edges to be manufactured of the preceding articles, to be
backed with a warp of thread, yarn, incle, or cotton, of the same colour,
shades, or tints as the preceding, to be shot with fine thread, yarn, incle, or
cotton of the same colour, shades, or tints preceding, as the colour of the work
may require, and to be woven in a loom.
For manufacturing yellow copper sattin braid and other braids.-The wire
to be drawn drawn to about the size of fourteen-penny silver, or finer, to be
flatted and spun in the engine upon fine thread, yarn, incle, or cotton, of the
same colour, shades, and tints as before directed for the warps and edges; to be
shot with fine thread, yarn, inele, or cotton of the same colour, shades, and
tints as likewise before described, and to be woven in a loom.
And for manufacturing yellow copper open lace.-The wire to be drawn

page_text: down to about the size of fourteen-penny silver; or finer, flatted and spun-upón
fine thread of the same colour, shades; or tints as the yellow copper lace before
described and explained; to be spun in the engine-to produce fine warp for
the ground, and to be figured with fine copper 'twist, check, or orris, as the
figure or figures, or design, may require; to be manufactured in the same
manner as the British-thread-lace, and when off the pillow' to be calendered
as gold and silver-vellums..
For the manufacturing white plated copper-lace.The copper to be silvered
as directed by Act of Parliament, and the wire to be drawn down to 'about
the-size of fourteen-penny silver or finer, to-be-flatted-and-spun 'in the
engine upon fine white thread, yarn, vincle; or cotton; and to be woven upon
fine white thread, yarn, incle,-or-cotton-the size-of-spun silk; the warp to be
weighted as a spun silk-warp, and to be woven in a 'loom. -
For manufacturing white plated copper wire lace. The copper 'to 'be
silvered as directed by the Act of Parliament, and the wire to be drawn down
to about the size of fine twenty-penny copper; to be shot upon a warp of fine
white cotton, thread, yarn, or incle, the size of a very fine spun silk, to be
weighted as a spun silk warp, and to be woven in a loom.
For manufacturing white plated copper French braid.-The copper to be
silvered as directed by the Act of Parliament, the-wire to be drawn down to
about the size of fourteen-penny silver, or-finer, flatted and spun in the engine
upon fine white thread, yarn, incle, or cotton, to be platted with loaded bobbins
upon a cushion in the same manner as the silver French-braid is manufactured,
and to be calendered as silver French braid: '
For manufacturing whito plated Prussian braids.-The copper to be silvered
as directed by. Act of Parliament, and the wire to be drawn to about the size
of fourteen-penny silver, or finer, to be flatted and spun in the engine upon
fine white thread, yarn, incle, or cotton; for the orris warp and edges, to be
backed with a warp of fine white thread, yarn, incle, or cotton, to be shot with.
the same, and to be woven in a loom
For manufacturing white plated copper sattin braid and other braids.―The
copper to be silvered as directed by Act of Parliament, the wire to be drawn
down to about the size of fourteen-penny silver, or finer, to be flatted and spun
in the engine upon fine white thread, yarn, incle, or cotton; for the warp and
edges, to be shot with fine white thread, yarn, incle, or cotton, and to be
woven in a loom.
For manufacturing white copper plated open lace.-The copper to be silvered
as directed by Act of Parliament, the wire to be drawn down to about the size
of fourteen-penny silver, or finer, and spun in the engine upon fine white

page_text: thread to produce fine warp for the ground; to be figured with fine copper
twist, check, or orris, as the figure or figures or design may require; to bo
manufactured in the same manner as the British thread lace, and when off
the pillows to be calendered as gold and silver vellums.
For manufacturing gold superb open lace.-The ground to be made with 5
engine warp, and as fine as possible, to be figured with fine twist, check, or
orris, as the figure or figures or design may require; to be manufactured in the
same manner as the British thread laces, and when off the pillow to be calen-
dered as gold vellum.
And for manufacturing silver superb open lace.-The ground to be made 1
with engine warp, and as fine as possible, to be figured with fine twist, check,
or orris, as the figure or figures or design may require; to be manufactured in
the same manner as the British thread laces, and when off the pillow to be
calendered as the finer vellum.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Finch, have hereunto set my hand
Inrolled the Second day of March, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and nine.