THE MAKING OF MOVABLE CHAIRS AND SEATS OF EVERY KIND AND DESCRIPTION, TO BE CALLED BOTTURI'S MOVABLE CHAIRS AND SEATS
Year: 1857

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Sebastien Botturi, of Paris (France), Rue de la
Roquette, 140, for the Invention of "THE MAKING OF MOVABLE CHAIRS
AND SEATS OF EVERY KIND AND DESCRIPTION, TO BE CALLED BOTTURI'S
MOVABLE CHAIRS AND SEATS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Sebastien Botturi at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th August 1857.
I, SEBASTIEN BOTTURI, of Paris (France), Rue de la Roquette, 140, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "THE MAKING OF MOVABLE
CHAIRS AND SEATS OF EVERY KIND AND DESCRIPTION, TO BE CALLED BOTTURI'S
MOVABLE CHAIRS AND SEATS," to be as follows:-
An Invention and machinery applicable to all kind of chairs. viz., couch,
canopy, arm chairs, &c., &c., in whatever form or material. This mechanism
permits of dismounting the seat of any chairs, either for cleaning or recovering
them instantaneously.
To obtain this result a wood frame of any kind of seat is taken, in the
interior a movable cushion is placed, this frame is furnished with all the

page_text: necessary accessories for a seat except the stuff to cover it; at the exterior of
this seat, at the edge of the varnished wood, I make a channel, following the
sinuosity of the form of the seat; in this channel I place a strong wire which
is concealed by the channel itself. I cut the cloth or stuff which I wish to
employ, I sew it lightly to the wire and fit it to the channel; then to consolidate
the whole of it I make use of a flat piece of iron (more or less wide according
to fancy) which follows exactly the form of the wire. I fix it by means of pins or
screws, &c., imperceptibles; this iron bar is covered with lace or any other kind
of trimming. For a back of a seat I fix the cloth or stuff to the wire, which
is placed in the channel herein-before mentioned. I adapt the cloth or stuff
with which I wish to cover it, then I fix it in the same way with a flat piece of
iron. I can equally employ different ways:-1st, I place in the interior of both
seat and back a spring which opens and shuts the wood frame at will, and
allows any one to put in or take out the frame at any moment; 2nd, I have
made a chair the back seat of which is lowered backward by the action of a
spring or invisible hinges, by these means I can take out with great facility
either the seat or back frames;. 3d, by means of drawer frames which
may be
taken out at will.
The advantage of these chairs in general consists in this, that the cloth or
stuff not being nailed to the frames, the fitting of a room or suite of rooms
may be easily changed into any other style with the greatest facility, and
without the trouble of taking out the nails, as is the case in the common way
of making chairs, and which by nailing and unnailing are always much
deteriorated. It may be cleaned with equal facility and advantage in taking
out of the apartment the frames only, without moving the chairs from their
usual place, and avoiding all risk of deterioration in displacing them.
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I claim the exclusive right to construct movable chair seats and backs,
whatever may be the form or material of which they may be made.
2nd, of the chairs, arm chairs, &c., with moveable frames, and with or
without internal moveable cushion, and which, before my Invention, was fixed
on the chairs, &c., by plain cords..
3rd, of the moveable cushion and. frames, and furnished with elastic.
enring

page_text: SPECIFICATION filed in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
and of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, by the said Sebastien
Botturi in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 27th February 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SEBASTIEN
BOTTURI, of Paris, No. 140, Rue de la Roquette, Empire of France, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twenty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Sebastien Botturi, Her special licence that I, the said Sebastien Botturi,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Sebastien Botturi, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after 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 "THE MAKING OF
MOVABLE CHAIRS AND SEATS, OF EVERY KIND AND DESCRIPTION, TO BE CALLED
BOTTURI'S MOVABLE CHAIRS AND SEATS, upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Sebastien Botturi, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under , or their, or one of their hands and seals,
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 Office Patent within six calendar months.
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Sebastien Botturi, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say:-
My Invention consists of a mechanism applicable to all kinds of seats,
such as canopies, arm chairs, chairs, divans, stools, &c., in whatever form or
materials..
This mechanism permits of disconnecting the seats from the chairs with
rapidity, either for cleaning them or for changing the silk or other material
with which they are covered, and replacing it instantaneously by another kind.
To obtain this result I take a wooden seat A, Fig. 1; I place in the interior
Ka movable frame B; I furnish this frame with all the necessary accessories
for a seat, except the stuff with which it is to be covered, and which is put on

page_text: afterwards; at the exterior of the seat at the edge of the varnished wood I
make a channel C, which follows the sinuosities of the seat; in this channel C
I place a strong iron wire D, which is concealed in the channel; to consolidate
the whole of it I make use of an iron band E, which represents exactly the
form of the iron wire, and which I fix by means of eyed pins F, which are
imperceptible; I make use indifferently of eyed pins F, or screws G, or springs
H; the band E, either of iron, copper, or any other metal, is covered with
lace, fringe, or any other kind of trimming. For the back I, the channel
may be dispensed with; in this case the stuff and trimming are fixed on the
band E, which is fixed by the same means as that of the seat. I have made
an arm chair, Fig. 2, in which I have dispensed with the channel C; the
stuff has been fixed at once to the band E..
By another arrangement, I place at the interior of the seat K and of the
back I a spring J, which allows of opening and shutting the chair frame at
will, and thus permits the removal of the movable frames and seats on which
the stuff and trimming are fixed. The exterior of the chair frame is furnished
with two hinges P.
The back M of the arm.chair N, Fig. 3, is lowered behind by means of a
spring O and the two hinges P, thus permitting the movable frames of the
seats and backs to be taken away with facility. I obtain the same result by
means of frame drawers Q, Fig. 4, which may be taken out at pleasure. The
same seats are likewise made with movable frames and cushions furnished
with elastic springs.
The seat R, Fig. 5, of which the frame S is covered with stuff, is placed in
the interior of the seat, leaving a space to receive the cushion V, which serves
for daily use; but when a change is desired, this cushion is taken away, the
frame is elevated to the height required, and it is fixed by means of screws G,
eyed pins F, or springs H; or otherwise the frame which is under the cushion
has no stuff, in which case the stuff is fixed on a second frame U, which is put
in the place of the cushion when this is taken away.
The advantage of these seats consists in this, that the stuff not being nailed
to the frames, the furniture can be changed with the greatest rapidity, without
the trouble of nailing and unnailing the seats, which always deteriorates
them. The frames being movable they can be taken out of the apartment for
the purpose of being cleaned.
By this system any one is enabled to change very quickly and without
expense the furniture of a room or suite of rooms, and to replace at pleasure
that which has been taken away; in this manner, with the same movable
wooden seat frame, persons can vary the pattern of their furniture as often as

page_text: they please without having recourse to an upholsterer, which generally leads
to considerable expense.
I claim the exclusive right, 1st, to construct or cause to be constructed
all movable seats, whatever may be the form or materials of which they may
be made.
2nd, to construct or cause to be constructed movable backs, so arranged as
to allow the stuff to be changed at will.
3rd, to construct or cause to be constructed chairs, canopies, arm chairs,
divans, stools, &c., in whatever form or materials, with movable seats and
frames, with or without movable cushions in the interior, and which till now
have been fixed by twist.
4th, to construct or cause to be constructed movable frames and cushions
furnished with elastic springs.
In witness whereof, I, the said Sebastien Botturi, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
S POTTIID I 1.