An Improvement in and in the Method of Stiffening Lace or Embroidery.
Year: 1895

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in and in the Method of Stiffening Lace or
Embroidery.
I, SIEGMUND KIRSCUNEK, of 69, Frankfurterstrasse, Offenbach-on-Main,
Germany, Manufacturer, 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
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This invention relates to the manufacture of lace and consists in the production
of lace with we worked into it with the object of imparting such stiffness to the
laco as will at once enable it to be easily fashioned to any desired shape and
cause it to retain that shape even under the most adverse atmospheric conditions
whilst admitting of its being brought back at once to its original form should it
become mis-shapen.
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Heretofore it has been usual to impart to lace the stiffness necessary for millinery
purposes, by means of copious "dressing" or starching. The "dress or starch
ie, however, readily affected by the weather and its effect is quickly destroyed by
rain so that the lace loses its shape and requires to be subjected to tedious and
complicated treatment for the purpose of restoring it to its original form.
Now the present invention obviates these disadvantages by providing for the
insertion of one or more fine wies in the lace in course of manufacture. For this
purpose there are stretched ou both sides of the flame of the embroidering
machine, strips of cloth or textile material in which hooks are inserted at suitable
places and distances apart by means of which one or more wues nie stretched
transversely over the embroidering loom in such a way as to bear closely upon the
tulle or other material or ground to be embroidered so that in the operation of
embroidering the design thereon the wires will be completely embroidered over
and around by the needles and will thus constitute an integral part of the design
produced. When the embroidered work is finished, the wires thus embroidered
over will be no longer visible but will impart to the laco thus produced such a
degree of stiftness that whilst the lace possesses the necessary flexibility to enable
it to be bent or folded as desired, it will retain the form or position given to it,
even under the most unfavourable conditions of the weather.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
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1. Lace stiffened so as to resist change of form by one or more wires being
embroidered into it in such a manner as to impart sufficient stiffness to enable it to
retain the shape imparted to it.
2. The method of producing lace stiffened by wires, as specified, by stretching
the wie or wires before the embroidering of the design, at a suitable place close
to on over the ground or material to be embroidered in the embroidering machine,
and incorporating the wires in the design by embroidering over them by the needles
in and for the production of the design, as specified.
Dated this 23rd day of October 1895
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.