Improvements in Pattern Cards for Displaying and Illustrating the Effect of Dress Materials.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Feh., 1894-Accepted, 3rd Mar., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pattern Cards for Displaying and Illustrating the
Effect of Dress Materials.
We, GEORGES PESCHEUX and PIERRE PAULET, Manufacturers, both of
350, Rue St. Jacques, Paris, in the Republic of France, 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 :-
Our invention relates to pattern cards for displaying the effect of dress materials
and has for its object to provide means for illustrating upon reduced scale models.
the general effect any sample material or pattern would have when made up into
garments and worn upon the person.
In carrying out our invention we take a sheet of transparent material such as
glass, mica, celluloid, gelatine, or any other suitable transparent substance, and upon
it we print or otherwise depict in outline a figure, for example a man or woman,
dressed in garments of any required or fashionable style, showing suitable shading
where desirable as is usual in ordinary tailor's pattern cards. The parts of the
figure which are not to be dressed or covered with the material of the clothing, such
as head, hands, feet, &c., are blocked out with any suitable colours, preferably
a more or less natural representation, and any other extraneous matter may be
shown but is to be similarly blocked out. The whole of the remaining part of the
sheet is covered with opaque or non-transparent material such as gold or other
metallic leaf, colour, or the like, so that the shaded costume of the human figure
alone remains transparent.
When desired to ascertain the appearance or general effect which any sample of
dress material would have when made up, it is only necessary to place it behind a
card so constructed and the transparent part of the figure appears as if clothed in the
said material, the effect being realistic and a true guide to the appearance and
suitability of the dress patterns.
We have annexed hereto a drawing showing two figures illustrative of our
invention.
A represents the sheet of material originally wholly transparent upon which
is printed or depicted in Fig. 1 the figure of a lady attired in a riding habit
and mounted upon a horse, and in Fig. 2 that of a gentleman dressed in a suit of
clothes of approved style. These figures are suitably shaded in black or any dark
tint as shown so as to show off the costumes. The diagonal lines covering the
faces, gloves, collars, boots, &c. indicate that those parts are not transparent but are
suitably coloured upon the sheet A. The horse in Fig. 1 or any other added
matter is similarly coloured or rendered non-transparent. The rest of the sheet is
blocked out with colour or material of suitable opacity as indicated by the
horizontal lines. Thus the only parts of the sheet left transparent are those parts.
of the human figure which are to be covered with clothing of the sample material to
be illustrated thereupon.
It only remains to place the card so constructed upon the sample of any dress
material and the general effect of the costume when made up is at once realized.
Although we have described above the use for the card of a whole sheet of
originally transparent material we may if desired use a solid and non-transparent
sheet and cut away only such part or parts as is or are required for the human
figure and cover in such spaces only with transparent material having depicted
thereon the figure, whereby practically the same result would be obtained, but the
construction above set forth is preferred.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
The hereinabove described construction of pattern cards wherein upon transparent
material is depicted in outline the costume of any required figure, the remaining
parts being coloured or rendered non-transparent, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of February 1894.
For the Applicants,
J. C. CHAPMAN,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent.

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