IMPROVED APPLIANCE FOR PRODUCING EMBROIDERY OR FANCY WORK
Year: 1884

page_text: I, HARRIET SARAH PAGET, of Little Heath, Potters Bar, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVED APPLIANCE FOR PRODUCING EMBROIDERY OR FANCY WORK," to be
as follows:-
This Invention relates to means for facilitating the formation of designs upon
woven fabrics and stitching them thereon.
For this purpose I make an open frame consisting of two metal plates adjustable
with regard to their width apart by means of adjustable ties or attachments fitted
to their ends. Upon the inner edge of each metal plate I fix a series of hooks, into
and out of which the cord or thread to form the design is drawn, it may be, from
one series of hooks across the open space between the plates to the other series of
hooks, or it may be in and out of one series of hooks only. When the design has
thus been formed it is brought into position upon the fabric placed on the sewing
machine and stitched on to the said fabric. The edge of the plates on which the
hooks are fixed may be straight, curved, or of the form of parts of a circle.
Dated this 22nd day of February 1884.

page_text: I, HARRIET SARAH PAGET, of Little Heath Potter's Bar, in the County of
Middlesex Gentlewoman do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
"IMPROVED APPLIANCE FOR PRODUCING EMBROIDERY OR FANCY WORK" and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This Invention relates to means for facilitating the formation of designs or
patterns upon woven fabrics and stitching them thereon.
For this purpose I make an open frame, consisting of two or more metal
plates. c. c. adjustable with regard to their width by means of one or more
adjustable ties, or attachments d d (which may be made in two and held together
by being hinged d¹ d¹) fitted across the top or bottom ends or both ends of the
said metal plates c c and held in position by means of thumb or other screws, e e.
On the face of the adjustable ties or attachments scales or degrees ff are marked
thereon so as to regulate the width of the top and bottom ends of the two metal
plates. Upon the inner edge of each metal plate I fix adjustable or otherwise a
series of hooks bent wire or needles g g into and out of which the cord or thread
to form the design or pattern is drawn or wound. When the design has been
formed it is brought into position upon the fabric by placing the fabric or material
and the frame (with the design attached thereto) on the sawing machine needle
table or plate and the design is stitched on to the said fabric by the sewing
machine in the usual manner. The edge of the plates cc on which the hooks are
held in, or fixed to, may be straight, or curved. My Invention can be made of
wood, or part wood and metal.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I would observe
in conclusion that I do not limit myself to the precise details herein given and
shown in the accompanying Drawings as various modifications may be made
therein, while retaining the essential features of my Invention but I declare that
what I claim is the application of metal or wood frame having on its inner edge a
series of hooks, bent wire or needles fixed in grooves or in any suitable manner as
herebefore described and illustrated by Figure 1 and letters c d e f and g.