THE EMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN MATERIALS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RAISED ORNAMENTAL FIGURES OR DEVICES UPON TEXTILE FABRICS
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Harris Toms, of Staining Lane, in the City
of London, for the Invention of "THE EMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN MATERIALS
FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RAISED ORNAMENTAL FIGURES OR DEVICES UPON
TEXTILE FABRICS."
Sealed the 5th July 1859, and dated the 10th January 1859.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Thomas Harris Toms
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and
Declaration, on the 10th January 1859, pursuant to the 9th Section
of the Patent Law Amendment Act 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
HARRIS TOMS, of Staining Lane, in the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS I, the said Thomas Harris Toms, have petitioned Her Majesty
to grant unto me, my executors, administrators, and assigns, Her Royal
Letters Patent for an Invention for "THE EMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN MATERIALS
FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RAISED ORNAMENTAL FIGURES OR DEVICES UPON TEXTILE
FABRICS"
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Harris Toms, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say):
:-
My Invention, which has reference to the employment of certain materials
for the production of raised ornamental figures or devices upon textile fabrics
so as to obtain the same (or similar) appearance as the more costly production
of silk needlework or embroidery by a comparatively simple and inexpensive
process, consists in employing for the above purpose braid manufactured from
mohair coiled or wound round a central core or cord in undulating thicknesses
so as to produce the same form and character as the well-known coronation
braid, and admit of being readily sewn or otherwise attached in the requisite
figure or design to various descriptions of textile fabrics to which the same
may be applicable, such as crape, areophane, cloth, silk, or combinations*
thereof.
But in order that this my said Invention may be more fully understood and
readily carried into effect, I now proceed to describe the manner in which the
same is to be performed (that is to say) :-
In preparing the articles for ornamentation I first cause the said materials
to be cut into the requisite pattern and the figures or devices subsequently
formed thereon by sewing or otherwise as above mentioned, and either effected
by the employment of an ornamental pattern placed at the back of the fabric
or left to the taste. and judgment of the operator. Or in lieu thereof a
perforated pattern or otherwise on the face of the fabric may be employed as
hitherto, but in all cases the ornamentation is to be produced by arranging
and securing the braid upon the face of the fabric, by which a glossy silk-like
appearance in close resemblance to silk embroidered sprigs, flowers, or other
embellished figure work, may be obtained.
Among the various descriptions of articles in the manufacture of which my
said Invention may be advantageously employed, may be mentioned ladies'
collars, veils, falls, sleeves, cuffs, mantles, children's hoods and dresses, neckties,
and waistcoats, although the same may be employed in like manner for
ornamenting various other articles of dress.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of this my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, I would have
it clearly understood that I do not intend to confine myself to the precise
details herein-before described, as the same may be varied without departing
from the general principle of this my said Invention; but that which I do
claim as new and of my said Invention is, the employment of braid composed
wholly or chiefly of mohair manufactured upon the well-known principle of the

page_text: coronation braid, for producing raised ornamental figures or devices upon
textile fabrics in the manner and for the purposes herein-before mentioned
and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Harris Toms, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Witness,
THOMAS HARRIS TOMS. (L.S.)
F. R. DARKIN CAMPBELL,
Clerk to Messrs. Weatherdon & Co.,
77, Chancery Lane.