A BODICE SKIRT, OR A NEW OR IMPROVED ARTICLE OF FEMALE APPAREL
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Aaron Salomons, of Old Change, in the City of
London, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "A BODICE SKIRT, OR A
NEW OR IMPROVED ARTICLE OF FEMALE APPAREL."-A communication
from abroad by Gerard Higgins, of New York, United States of
America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Aaron Salomons at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th
August 1861.
I, AARON SALOMONS, of Old Change, in the City of London, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A BODICE SKIRT, OR A
NEW OR IMPROVED ARTICLE OF FEMALE APPAREL," (communicated to me from
abroad by Gerard Higgings, of New York, United States of America,) to be
as follows:-
This Invention consists in forming in one article a bodice and skirt as
hereafter described.
The bodice proper encircles and is secured on the body of the wearer by
any suitable fastening; it extends upwards to any height desired, but termi-
nates in front at the waist, while the sides and back are carried' outward
from the body, and are kept extended by metal springs, whalebone, or other
suitable stiffening agent.

page_text: The skirt or petticoat, whether hooped or otherwise, is sewn or attached in
any other convenient manner to the bodice so as to form one article of
apparel.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Aaron Salomons in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
12th February 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, AARON
SALOMONS, of Old Change, in the City of London, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Aaron Salomons, Her special licence that I, the said Aaron Salomons,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Aaron Salomons, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
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 "A BODICE SKIRT, OR
A NEW OR IMPROVED ARTICLE OF FEMALE APPAREL," (communicated to me from
abroad by Gerard Higgins, of New York, United States of America), upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Aaron Salomons, my executors'
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, 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 Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Aaron Salomons, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the fol-
lowing statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto.
annexed, that is to say:-
This Invention consists in forming in one article a bodice and skirt as
hereafter described.

page_text: The bodice proper encircles and is secured on the body of the wearer by any
suitable fastening; it extends upwards to any height desired, but terminates in
front at the waist, while the sides and back are carried outward from the
body and are kept extended by metal springs, whalebone, or other suitable
stiffening agent.
The skirt or petticoat, whether hooped or otherwise, is sewn or attached in
any other convenient manner to the bodice, so as to form one article of
apparel.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a view of a bodice skirt made
according to this Invention. a is the bodice, b is the part carried outward at
the sides and back, to which a skeleton skirt c is attached. At Figure 2 a
bodice and hooped skirt are shewn, while at Figure 3 the skirt is without
hoops.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I do not limit myself
to the size of the bodice, or to the manner in which it is secured to the body of
the wearer; but I claim the new or improved article of female apparel con-
sisting of a bodice and skirt combined in one article, substantially in manner
herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Aaron Salomons, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eighth day of February, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-two.
AARON SALUMUNS. (L.S:)